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Concrete Is A: Composite Material Aggregate Cement Portland Cement Hydraulic Cements Ciment Fondu

Concrete is a composite material made of aggregate bonded together with a cement that hardens over time. It is formed into a fluid mass when the dry ingredients are mixed with water, allowing it to be molded; the cement then chemically reacts to form a hard stone-like material. Reinforcing materials like rebar are often added to provide tensile strength, creating reinforced concrete. The ancient Romans were early major users of concrete technology in structures like the Colosseum and Pantheon dome, and today it remains the most widely produced man-made material.

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Concrete Is A: Composite Material Aggregate Cement Portland Cement Hydraulic Cements Ciment Fondu

Concrete is a composite material made of aggregate bonded together with a cement that hardens over time. It is formed into a fluid mass when the dry ingredients are mixed with water, allowing it to be molded; the cement then chemically reacts to form a hard stone-like material. Reinforcing materials like rebar are often added to provide tensile strength, creating reinforced concrete. The ancient Romans were early major users of concrete technology in structures like the Colosseum and Pantheon dome, and today it remains the most widely produced man-made material.

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Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a

fluid cement which hardens over time. Most use of the term "concrete" refers to Portland
cement concrete or to concretes made with other hydraulic cements, such as ciment fondu.
However, road surfaces are also a type of concrete, "asphaltic concrete", where the cement material
is bitumen.
In Portland cement concrete (and other hydraulic cement concretes), when the aggregate is mixed
together with the dry cement and water, they form a fluid mass that is easily molded into shape. The
cement reacts chemically with the water and other ingredients to form a hard matrix which binds all
the materials together into a durable stone-like material that has many uses.[2] Often, additives (such
aspozzolans or superplasticizers) are included in the mixture to improve the physical properties of
the wet mix or the finished material. Most concrete is poured with reinforcing materials (such
as rebar) embedded to provide tensile strength, yielding reinforced concrete.
Famous concrete structures include the Hoover Dam, the Panama Canal and the Roman Pantheon.
The earliest large-scale users of concrete technology were the ancient Romans, and concrete was
widely used in the Roman Empire. The Colosseum in Rome was built largely of concrete, and the
concrete dome of the Pantheon is the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome.[3] Today, large
concrete structures (for example, dams and multi-storey car parks) are usually made with reinforced
concrete.
After the Roman Empire collapsed, use of concrete became rare until the technology was
redeveloped in the mid-18th century. Today, concrete is the most widely used man-made material
(measured by tonnage).

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