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A.C. Davis, A Hundred Years of Portland Cement, 1824–1924 (1924); and Robert W. Lesley, History of the Portland Cement Industry in the United States (1924, reissued 1974), give historical accounts. More recent works are H.F.W. Taylor, Cement Chemistry (1990); Sidney Mindess and J. Francis Young, Concrete (1981); and Sandor Popovics, Fundamentals of Portland Cement Concrete—A Quantitative Approach (1982– ), and Concrete Materials: Properties, Specifications, and Testing, 2nd ed. (1992).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Article title updated for style. | Nov 07, 2026 | ||
| Invalidated site: Mustansiriyah University - Types of Cement (PDF). | Sep 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT News - Explained: Cement vs. concrete their differences, and opportunities for sustainability. | May 19, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Cement selection criteria for full coverage restorations: A comprehensive review of literature. | Jan 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: USGS Publications - Cement (PDF). | Oct 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mustansiriyah University - Types of Cement (PDF). | Jun 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Babylon - Chemical Composition of Cement (PDF). | Apr 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Sustainability of the cement and concrete industries. | Feb 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature Communications - Efficient use of cement and concrete to reduce reliance on supply-side technologies for net-zero emissions. | Nov 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts - Physical and Chemical Properties of Cement - A Study. | Sep 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: PennState College of Engineering - Composition of cement. | May 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Cement and types of Cement. | Sep 17, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Portland Cement Association - How Cement is Made. | Mar 07, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 19, 2020 | ||
| Mentioned the carbon dioxide emissions from cement manufacture and added cross-references. | Oct 19, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Spruce - The Difference Between Cement, Concrete, and Mortar. | Jul 24, 2019 | ||
| Removed three tables. | Aug 15, 2018 | ||
| Text added noting top-producing countries of cement. | Aug 23, 2013 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 09, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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