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Abrams law
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A rule stating that with given concrete materials and conditions of te
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Abrasion
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Wearing away by friction.
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Abrasion resistance
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Ability of a surface to resist being worn away by rubbing and friction
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Absorbed moisture
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Moisture that has entered a solid material by absorption and has physi
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Absorption
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The relationship of the weight of the water absorbed by a ceramic spec
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Accelerator
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A substance which, when added to concrete, mortar, or grout, increases
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Accelerators
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Materials used to speed up the setting of mortar.
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Accessories (Tile Accessories)
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Ceramic or non-ceramic articles, affixed to or inserted in tile work,
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Acid
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A chemical substance usually corrosive to common metals (iron, ,alumin
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Acid and alkali-resistant grout
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A grout that resists -/Acidity. effect of prolonged contact with acids
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Acidity
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A general term applying to substances on the acid side of neutral - pr
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Acrylic plastics
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Plastics based on resins made by the polymerization of acrylic monomer
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Additive
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A term frequently (but improperly) used as a synonym for addition or a
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Adhesion
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The state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial force
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Adhesion mechanical
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Adhesion between surfaces in which the adhesive holds the parts togeth
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ADhesion, specific
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Adhesion between surfaces which are held together by valence forces of
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Adhesive
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A substance capable of holding materials together by surface attachmen
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Adhesive ceramic
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Used for bonding tile to a surface. Rubber solvents; and rubber and re
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Adhesive tile
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Organic adhesive used for bonding tile to a surface. Rubber solvents a
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Adhesive, pressure-sensitive
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An adhesive made so as to adhere to a surface at room temperature by b
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Adhesive, solvent
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An adhesive having a volatile organic liquid as a vehicle. Note: This
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Admixture
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A material other than water, aggregates, and hydraulic cement, used as
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Adobe
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Unburnt brick dried in the sun.
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Aggregate
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Granular material, such as sand, gravel, crushed stone, and iron blast
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Aggregate,heavyweight
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Aggregate, of high specific gravity such as barite, magnetite, limonit
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Air, entrained
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See Entrained air.
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Air-entraining
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The capability of a material or process to develop a system of minute
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Air-entrainment
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The occlusion of air in the form of minute bubbles (generally smaller
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Air-slack
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A condition where soft-body clay, after absorbing moisture and being e
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Alkali
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A chemical substance which effectively neutralizes acid material so as
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Alumina porcelain
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A vitreous ceramic whiteware for technical application in which alumin
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Alumina whiteware
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Any ceramic whiteware in which alumina (A1203) is the essential crysta
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Andalusite
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A polymorph, along with sellimanite and kyanite, of composition A1203
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Anglar
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Masonry composed of squared stones; one patem of masonry construction.
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Angle curing
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Steam curing of concrete products, sand-lime brick, asbestos-cement pr
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Angle divider
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The angle divider is used by the tilesetter to determine the degree of
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Autoclave
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A pressure vessel in which an environment of steam at high pressure ma
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