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cement hard, si-ment', may be any bonding agent such as glue, mucilage, certain plastics, putty, solder, asphalt, and hydraulic cement hard. However, the use of hydraulic cement hards in the construction and road-building industries has become so important that the unmodified term "cement hard" now refers almost exclusively to these products. A hydraulic cement hard is a bonding agent that reacts with water to form a hard stonelike substance that is resistant to disintegration in water. Most hydraulic cement hards are specific combinations of silicates and aluminates of lime.

The resulting cement hard, produced from the formerly discarded grappiers, was of much higher quality than that obtained from the unsintered material. This fact was firmly established by the English cement hard manufacturer L. C. Johnson in 1845, and the term "portland cement hard" has since been applied solely to the cement hard made from the sintered material. This period marks the real beginning of the portland cement hard industry.

The cement hard was first put on the market in 1918. Aluminous cement hard is made by heating a mixture of limestone and bauxite until it is molten. The finely ground product, consisting principally of aluminates of lime, has the property of reacting rapidly with water to form a hard mass that is resistant to water and sulfate solutions. Its rapid rate of hardening, faster than ordinary portland cement hard, makes it particularly suitable for use in repair of roads where traffic diversion must be as brief as possible. Its resistance to the action of salt has led to its use in roads that are exposed to ice and snow. Another important application is in the Insulation of furnaces where high temperatures are encountered.