Acid-Base Cements: Their Biomedical and Industrial Applications

Chemistry of Solid State Materials

by Alan D. Wilson, J. W. Nicholson

There has been a failure to recognize acid-base cements as a single, well-defined class of material. This book attempts to remedy this situation by unifying the subject and treating this range of materials as a single class. Following a brief historical overview, an introductory chapter defines these cements as materials that are formed by reacting a basic powder with an acidic liquid to yield a salt-like matrix. The nature of the cementation process and the cement-forming acids and bases are discussed. Other chapters are devoted to the methods of study, the structure of water and simple polyelectrolyte theory.

400 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993