Glossary

A low-density white pigment for use in paint; provides little opacity; used mainly to provide bulk and flatness.

The product obtained by pulverizing clinker, consisting essentially of hydraulic calcium aluminates resulting from fusing or sintering a suitably proportioned

A group of three or more detached, one-story, single-family dwellings, arranged with common utilities and accessories under a common ownership.

A former fracture or parting (in limestone) that has been recemented and annealed by deposition of calcite.

A mineral form of calcium carbonate; the principal constituent of limestone, chalk, and marble; usually a major raw material used

A gypsum that has been partially dehydrated by heating.

To heat a substance below the temperature of fusion to drive off chemically combined water or to alter its chemical