Unit 1 Introduction to materials

Text 1 Types of materials

Text 2 Properties of materials

Unit 2 Cement and its manufacture

Text 1 History of cement

Text 2 Types of Portland cement

Text 3 Chemical composition and raw materials of Portland cement

Text 4 Hardening and corrosion of Portland cement

Text 5 Specifications and tests of cement

Text 6 Manufacture of Portland cement 1 Preparation of the raw meal

Text 7 Manufacture of Portland cement 2 Preparation of the clinker and cement

Text 8 The cement kiln

Reading text A brief overview on kiln

Unit 3 Glass and its manufacture

Text 1 Introduction to glass

Text 2 Raw materials of the glass industry

Text 3 Batch of glass plant

Text 4 Furnace and glass melting

Text 5 Float glass production 1

Text 6 Float glass production 2

Text 7 Annealing lehr

Text 8 Production of further processed glass

Text 9 Borosilicate glass

Reading text Toughened glass

Unit 4 Concrete

Text 1 Introduction to concrete

Text 2 Aggregates

Text 3 Admixtures for concrete， mortar and grout

Text 4 Fresh concrete

Text 5 Properties of hardened concrete

Text 6 Concrete with reinforcing materials

Text 7 High strength concrete

Reading text ReadTmixed concrete

Unit 5 Fiber—Reinforced—Plastic

Text ] Composite material and classification

Text 2 Fiber—Reinforced—Plastic composite materials

Text 3 Properties of constituent materials

Text 4 Applications of FRP in engineering

Text 5 Production processes for Fiber—Reinforced—Plastic composite materials

Reading text The Application of FRP in Building Structures

Unit 6 Building materials

Text 1 Building materials

Text 2 A classic building material brick

Text 3 The properties of structural steel

Text 4 Green building materials

Text 5 Plastic materials

Text 6 Refractories

Reading text Construction of steel

Appendix I The Periodic Table of Elements

Appendix 2 Vocabulary

References