Sealants in Construction

Sealants in Construction
Author: Jerome Klosowski
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2016-01-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1420017853

Revised Bestseller Offers Broad-Based Knowledge to a Wide Range of Technical ProfessionalsThe definitive guide to sealing operations in construction, this latest edition of Sealants in Construction focuses on the most current technology, methods, applications, and standards relevant to sealant performance. Providing guided direction on how to choos

Handbook of Adhesives and Sealants in Construction

Handbook of Adhesives and Sealants in Construction
Author: Joseph S. Amstock
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 594
Release: 2001
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780070016163

Expert's A-Z guide to adhesives and sealants The most up-to-date resource of its kind, this book is the last word on this subject for anyone involved in the use, manufacture, and testing of all types of sealants and adhesives for structural and general sealing, bonding, caulking, glazing, and waterproofing of structures. The author, who is one of the world's foremost authorities on this area, provides the newest technical formulas, specific application examples, equipment and other handling and installing aspects for epoxy...acrylic...cyanoacrylates and anerobics...fluorocarbons and hot melts...asphaltic, oleoresinous and oil base putty...grouts and mortars...butyl sealants...hybrid materials...hypalon, neoprene and nitrile sealants...polysulfide...polyurethane...silicone...and permopol. You'll also find comprehensive data on: firestops and firewall application; insulating glass; waterstops; preformed gaskets; foamed and solid tape; performance, repair, and maintenance of sealants; joint movement detail, design, and schematics; specification, testing and quality assurance; more!

Durability of Building Sealants

Durability of Building Sealants
Author: Andreas T. Wolf
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2004-03-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1135804451

This volume contains the proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Durability of Building Sealants, held under the joint auspices of the British Building Research Establishment Ltd (BRE) and the International Union of Testing and Research Laboratories for Buildings and Structures (RILEM) Technical Committee 139-DBS. The twelve contributions in this volume reflect the wide spectrum of current research and provide for the development of an International Standard on Sealant Durability.

Handbook of Sealant Technology

Handbook of Sealant Technology
Author: K.L. Mittal
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2009-08-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1420008633

Sealing is an age-old problem that dates back to our earliest attempts to create a more comfortable living environment. Prehistoric people used natural sealants such as earth, loam, grass, and reeds to protect the interior of their homes against the weather. Today's applications extend to a myriad of uses. The Handbook of Sealant Technology provide

Durability of Building Sealants

Durability of Building Sealants
Author: RILEM Technical Committee 139-DBS, Durability of Building Sealants
Publisher: RILEM Publications
Total Pages: 482
Release: 1999
Genre: Building materials
ISBN: 9782912143129

Science and Technology of Building Seals, Sealants, Glazing, and Waterproofing

Science and Technology of Building Seals, Sealants, Glazing, and Waterproofing
Author: Jerome M. Klosowski
Publisher: ASTM International
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1992
Genre: Glazing
ISBN: 0803118570

Proceedings of an ASTM sponsored symposium held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in February 1992. Topics of papers include extended lab testing for two structural glazing silicone sealants, usefulness of accelerated test methods for sealant weathering, climate driven durability tester, new tests for adh

Building Sealants

Building Sealants
Author: Thomas F. O'Connor
Publisher: ASTM International
Total Pages: 351
Release: 1990
Genre: Fatigue
ISBN: 0803112823

Concerned with sealants for buildings (not with constructing sealant material). The 24 papers from a symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January to February 1990, address such major concerns of the industry as the identification and quantification of the effects of movement on sealants, laborator