Materials Science of Concrete, Special Volume

Jan P. Skalny studied chemical engineering at Slovak Technical University in Bratislava and at the University for Chemical Technology in Prague, where he graduated in 1958. He received his PhD at the University of Mining & Metallurgy in Krakow. In 1967 he left for the United Kingdom and in 1968 he settled with his family in the United States. After a short stay at the Clarkson University in upstate New York, he focused his career on industrial research management. He became Associate Director of Martin Marietta Laboratories and construction materials research director for W. R. Grace & Co. After early retirement in 1991, he became a consultant and is presently President of Materials Service Life, a high-tech consulting company specializing in service life prediction of concrete-based infrastructure. Sidney Mindess is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia, where he has taught in the Department of Civil Engineering since 1969. He holds a PhD from Standford University. His teaching and research interests are primarily in cement and concrete technology, with a particular interest in fiber-reinforced concrete and the behaviour of concrete under impact loading. He has published extensively and is engaged in consulting on concrete construction problems.

• Calcium Hydroxide Issues: An Industrial View (J. Gebauer). The Role of Ca(OH)2 in Portland Cement Concretes (F.P. Glasser).Calcium Hydroxide in Cement Paste and Concrete-A Microstructural Appraisal (S. Diamond).Scanning Electron Microscopy in Concrete Petrography (P.E. Stutzman).An Overview of the Roles of Ca(OH)2 in Cementing Systems (P.W. Brown and B.A. Clark).Chloride Binding to Cement Phases: Exchange Isotherm, 35Cl NMR and Molecular Dynamics Modeling Studies (A. Hidalgo, C. Andrade, and C. Alonso).Role of Alkaline Reserve in the Acidic Resistance of Cement Pastes (A. Hidalgo, C. Andrade and C. Alonso).Influence of Calcium Hydroxide Dissolution on the Transport Properties of Hydrated Cement Systems (J. Marchand, D. Bentz, E. Samson, and Y. Maltais).Calcium Hydroxide in Cement Matrices: Physico-mechanical and Physico-chemical Contributions (J.J. Beaudoin).The Strength and Fracture of Concrete: The Role of the Calcium Hydroxide (S. Mindes).sEffect of Calcium Hydroxide on the Permeability of Concrete (N. Hearn).Investigations by Environmental SEM: Ca(OH)2 During Hydration and During Carbonation (J. Stark, U. Frohburg, and B. Moser).Effect of Calcium Hydroxide Content on the Form, Extent, and Significance of Carbonation (N. Thaulow, R.J. Lee, K. Wagner, and S. Sahu).Simplistic Tests Do Not Necessarily Reveal the Complete Picture of the Carbonation of Ca(OH)2 in Fiber-Cement Products (J.W. Figg, W.J. French, A.M. Hutchinson, and W.B. Willoughby).Ettringite-Friend or Foe? (H.F.W. Taylor).The Role of Calcium Hydroxide in Alkali Recycling in Concrete (M. Thomas).Free Lime Content and Unsoundness of Cement (I. Odler).Looking for Soul in Concrete (Dinner Speech) (R.H. Davis).