Everything about Portland

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: PortlandA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Mechanisms of carbonation hydration hardening in Portland cementsInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: The botanic gardenThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Costs and carbon emissions for geopolymer pastes in comparison to ordinary portland cementCited 1,845 times
5. Go sideways: GreenvilleA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: SumnerA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Costs and carbon emissions for geopolymer pastes in comparison to ordinary portland cement

  Benjamin C. McLellan, Ross P. Williams, Janine Lay · 2011 · Journal of Cleaner Production · 1,845 citations

• Influence of limestone on the hydration of Portland cements

  Barbara Lothenbach, Gwenn Le Saout, Emmanuel Gallucci · 2008 · Cement and Concrete Research · 1,611 citations

• New cements for the 21st century: The pursuit of an alternative to Portland cement

  Caijun Shi, A. Fernández Jiménez, Angel Palomo · 2011 · Cement and Concrete Research · 1,602 citations

• Hydration mechanisms of ternary Portland cements containing limestone powder and fly ash

  K. De Weerdt, M. Ben Haha, G. Le Saout · 2011 · Cement and Concrete Research · 1,405 citations

• Advances in understanding hydration of Portland cement

  Karen L. Scrivener, Patrick Juilland, Paulo J.M. Monteiro · 2015 · Cement and Concrete Research · 1,322 citations

• Rest‐Frame Ultraviolet Spectra of \documentclass{aastex} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{bm} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{stmaryrd} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{portland,xspace} \usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra} \usepackage[OT2,OT1]{fontenc} \newcommand\cyr{ \renewcommand\rmdefault{wncyr} \renewcommand\sfdefault{wncyss} \renewcommand\encodingdefault{OT2} \normalfont \selectfont} \DeclareTextFontCommand{\textcyr}{\cyr} \pagestyle{empty} \DeclareMathSizes{10}{9}{7}{6} \begin{document} \landscape $z\sim 3$ \end{document} Lyman Break Galaxies

  Alice E. Shapley, Charles C. Steidel, Max Pettini · 2003 · The Astrophysical Journal · 1,264 citations

• Cemdata18: A chemical thermodynamic database for hydrated Portland cements and alkali-activated materials

  Barbara Lothenbach, Dmitrii A. Kulik, Thomas Matschei · 2019 · Cement and Concrete Research · 1,258 citations

• Lyman‐Break Galaxies at \documentclass{aastex} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{bm} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{stmaryrd} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{portland,xspace} \usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra} \usepackage[OT2,OT1]{fontenc} \newcommand\cyr{ \renewcommand\rmdefault{wncyr} \renewcommand\sfdefault{wncyss} \renewcommand\encodingdefault{OT2} \normalfont \selectfont} \DeclareTextFontCommand{\textcyr}{\cyr} \pagestyle{empty} \DeclareMathSizes{10}{9}{7}{6} \begin{document} \landscape $z\gtrsim 4$ \end{document} and the Evolution of the Ultraviolet Luminosity Density at High Redshift

  Charles C. Steidel, Kurt L. Adelberger, Mauro Giavalisco · 1999 · The Astrophysical Journal · 1,255 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Mechanisms of carbonation hydration hardening in Portland cements

  Maciej Zajac, Linda Irbe, Frank Bullerjahn · 2022 · Cement and Concrete Research · 257 citations

• Recycled concrete and brick powders as supplements to Portland cement for more sustainable concrete

  Lauren Likes, Ananya Markandeya, Md Mostofa Haider · 2022 · Journal of Cleaner Production · 197 citations

• Techno-socio-economic aspects of Portland cement, Geopolymer, and Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) composite systems: A-State-of-Art-Review

  Balamurali Kanagaraj, N. Anand, R. Samuvel Raj · 2023 · Construction and Building Materials · 155 citations

• Electric recycling of Portland cement at scale

  Cyrille F. Dunant, Shiju Joseph, Rohit Prajapati · 2024 · Nature · 154 citations

• Mechanism underlying early hydration kinetics of carbonated recycled concrete fines-ordinary portland cement (CRCF-OPC) paste

  Ligang Peng, Yi Jiang, Jiaxing Ban · 2023 · Cement and Concrete Composites · 154 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• The botanic gardenErasmus Darwin · 1700
• Winslow HomerWinslow Homer · 1923
• See how she diesLisa Jackson · 2004
• 📕The botanic gardenErasmus Darwin · 1790
• NightlifeThomas Perry · 2006
• 📕James BrooksBrooks, James · 1972
• Someone Like YouKaren Kingsbury · 2020
• The effect of alkali upon Portland cement ..Karl Theodor Steik · 1921

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