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 theclinker 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 Readymixed concrete Unit 5 Fiber-Reinforced-Plastic Text 1 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 1 The Periodic Table of Elements Appendix 2 Vocabulary References