| Change of State | (Concrete Engineering) The process whereby liquid is heated to the point of evaporation changing the liquid into a gas the condensation of a gas on a cooler surface returning it from gaseous to liquid form. |
| Colloidal | (Concrete Engineering) A gel-like mass which does not allow the transfer of ions |
| Condensation | (Concrete Engineering) When a moisture laden gas comes in contact with a cooler surface a change of state from gaseous to liquid occurs. |
| Consistency | (Concrete Engineering) The degree of plasticity of fresh concrete or mortar The normal measure of consistency is slump for concrete and flow for mortar. |
| Construction Joint | (Concrete Engineering) The contact between the placed concrete and concrete surfaces, against or upon which concrete is to be placed and to which new concrete is to adhere, that has become so rigid that the new concrete cannot be incorporated integrally by vibration with that previously placed. Unformed construction joints are horizontally placed or nearly so. |
| Cure | (Concrete Engineering) Method of maintaining sufficient internal humidity and proper temperature for freshly placed concrete to assure proper hydration of the cement, and proper hardening of the concrete. |
| Dispersing Agent | (Concrete Engineering) An admixture capable of increasing the fluidity of pastes, mortars, or concretes by reduction of interparticle attraction. |
| Elastic Shortening | (Concrete Engineering) The shortening of a member in pre-stressed concrete which occurs on the application of forces induced by prestressing. |
| GFRC - Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete | (Concrete Engineering) Concrete panels, usually architectural designs, reinforced with a high zirconia (16% minimum), alkali-resistant glass fiber. Optimum glass fiber content of 5% by weight. Lower fiber content results in lower early ultimate strengths, higher fiber content can produce composite compaction and consolidation difficulties. |
| Gillmore Needle | (Concrete Engineering) A device used in determining time of setting of hydraulic cement, described in ASTM 0 266. Gradation The sizing of granular materials; for concrete materials, usually expressed in terms of cumulative percentages larger or smaller than each of a series of sieve openings or the percentages between certain ranges of sieve openings. |