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Pozzolana or
pozzuolana (/ˌpɒts(w)əˈlɑːnə/ POT-s(w)ə-LAH-nə, Italian: [potts(w)oˈlaːna]), also
known as
pozzolanic ash (Latin:
pulvis puteol****), is...
- as binders.
Volcanic dusts,
called pozzolana or "pit sand", were
favoured where they
could be obtained.
Pozzolana makes the
concrete more
resistant to...
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calcium hydroxide and
water is
given by
measuring its
pozzolanic activity.
Pozzolana are
naturally occurring pozzolans of
volcanic origin.
Mixtures of calcined...
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pozzolanic mortar and cement. Even later, the
Romans used a
mortar without pozzolana using crushed terra cotta,
introducing aluminum oxide and
silicon dioxide...
- as
pozzolana mortar.
Pozzolana is a
volcanic clay
substance located in and
around Naples. The
mixture ratio for the
cement was two
parts pozzolana and...
- were made of lime and
pozzolana, a type of
volcanic ash, set into an
underwater concrete.
Herod imported over 24,000 m3 of
pozzolana from the name-giving...
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mineral resource.
Italy is one of the world's
leading producers of pumice,
pozzolana, and feldspar.
Another notable resource is marble,
especially the famous...
- for
hydraulic cement was
found by
ancient Romans who used
volcanic ash (
pozzolana) with
added lime (calcium oxide). Non-hydraulic
cement (less common) does...
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invented in the late 3rd
century BC. It was a
powerful cement derived from
pozzolana, and soon
supplanted marble as the
chief Roman building material and allowed...
- food
consumed in Cape
Verde is imported.
Mineral resources include salt,
pozzolana (a
volcanic rock used in
cement production), and limestone. Its small...
