SPR f2w
Plasticity 6
Plaster of paris 461
Plastic 416
applications 416
Plastics 411, 412, 413, 415, 416
casting 415
composition 421
constituents of 412
moulding 413
properties of 416
thermoplastic 411
thermosetting 411
Plywood 129
Polymer concrete 473
Polymerisation 402, 403
addition 403
Polymers 402
Porcelain 41
Porcelain 41
hard 41
soft 41
Porosity 4, 68
Prestressed concrete 472
Puzzolanas 234, 235
activity 235
artificial 235
classification 234
natural 235
Pyrocell 464
Q
Quarry 59, 63
sap 63
Quarrying 60, 63
explosives used in 63
methods 60
R
Ready mixed concrete
(rmc) 488
Refractories 392
Refractoriness 5
Refractory bricks 39
Refractory clay 39
Reinforced cement concrete 471
Reinforcing steel bars 369
Revibration 287
Rice husk ash 17, 241
Rindgall 99
Rocks 57-9
classification 57
foliated 59
igneous 57, 58
metamorphic 57, 59
sedimentary 57, 58
stratified 59
unstratified 59
Rolled steel sections 368
Roller compacted concrete 487
Rounded 182
Rubber 405, 406, 407, 410
compounding of 410
crepe 407
natural 406
smoked 407
synthetic 407
Rueping process 106
Rupture 100S
Salt glazing 43
Sand lime brick 510
Sandy loam 17
Seasoning 68, 96, 97, 98
air 96
artificial 96
chemical 98
electric 98
kiln 97
natural 96
salt 98
water 97
Segregation 286
Self-compacting concrete 491
Setting and hardening 459
Shake 98, 99
cup 98
heart 98
star 99
Shearing strength 127
Shotcrete 493
Shrinkage 124
Shrinkage compensating
concrete 485Sieve method 156
Silica fume 240
Slip 43
Slump test 280
Smart materials 512
Solvents 423
Sound insulating materials 503
Soundness 187
Specific gravity 3, 68
absolute 3
apparent 3
mass 3
true 3
Specific weight 3, 123
Spots 29
Steel 363, 375
alloy 375
Steel sections 373
tensile testing 373
Sterro metal 384
Stiffness 127
Stone 63, 65, 66, 67
characteristics of 67
dressing 65
natural bed of 63
seasoning of 63
uses of 66
Stones 59, 68, 75, 77, 78, 81
applications of 81
characteristics 6
artificial 81
common building 78
deterioration 75
dressing 65
durability of 77
natural level 68
preservation of 77
quarrying 59
quarrying 60
selection 78
testing 68
Stoneware 42
Straight run bitumen 441
Streak 53
Strength 6
Stucco 461
Surkhi 238
Swelling 124