- Industry: Construction
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Dried by exposure to air in a yard or shed without artificial heat. (Not kiln dried)
Industry:Construction
Concrete containing tiny air bubbles formed by adding soap-like resinous or fatty materials to the cement or to the concrete when mixed. Bubbles give the water in the concrete enough room to expand as it freezes.
Industry:Construction
Trapped air under flooring. Bubbles can be small or large in size. When bubbles appear shortly after installation, placing the flooring into the adhesive too soon or rolling improperly is generally the cause. When they appear at a later time, they may be caused by moisture in the subfloor.
Industry:Construction
Hard, inert material used in concrete. Fine aggregate is 1/4" or less in diameter and usually consists of sand. Coarse aggregate is 1/4" up to 1-1/2" in diameter and usually consists of crushed gravel.
Industry:Construction
The largest organization of recognized architects in the United States.
Industry:Construction
A substance that is capable of holding materials together by surface attachment. Adhesive is also called cement, glue, mastic or paste.
Industry:Construction
A type of adhesion that occurs at the surface of a solid or liquid in contact with another medium, thus allowing an increased number of molecules of the gas or liquid to become attached to the surface of the solid at the point of contact.
Industry:Construction
A synthetic resin usually white in color that dries transparent and is resistant to discoloration, moisture, alcohol, acids, alkalis and mineral oils. It is usually made by polymerization of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid.
Industry:Construction
Undesired migration of materials in the adhesive to the surface of the floor between tile joints.
Industry:Construction
The property that causes one material to stick to another. Adhesion is affected by the condition of the surface to be coated and by the closeness of contact, as well as by the molecular forces of the unlike substances. Thus, the surface should allow a certain amount of penetration, should be chemically clean and not too smooth, hard or nonporous for good adhesion.
Industry:Construction
