WALL TERMS Flashcards
(75 cards)
-ability of a surface to resist being worn away by rubbing and fiction
Abrasion Resistance
-substance which, when added to concrete, mortar, or grout, increases the rate of hardening of strength development, or both
Accelerator
-addition or admixture
Additive
-two surface held together
Adhesion
-material other than water, aggregates, and hydraulic cement, used as an ingredient of concrete or mortar, and added to the concrete immediately before or during its mixing
Admixture
- granular material, such as sand, gravel, crushed stone, and iron blast-furnace slag
- used with a cementing medium to form a hydraulic-cement, concrete or mortar
Agglomerate
- pre-casting of stone, slag, sand and gravel bonded together into an integrated mass
- the major component of plaster, concrete, and asphalt
Aggregate
-chemical substance which effectively neutralized acid material so as to form neutral wall covering
Alkali
-pliant material such as cork, fabric, foil, leather, linoleum, paper, rubber, or vinyl used as wall covering
Applied
-masonry constructed of flat- surfaced stones with straight, clean cut jointing
Ashlar
-any material used as a base over which a finished material is to be installed
Backing
-a narrow wood strip used to cover joints between boards or panels
Batten
-term used in construction or architecture that refers to a wall that slopes backward as it rises from the ground
Battered
-any fractures in the body of a tile visible both on the face and back
Bisque Cracks
- adherence of one material to another
- effective bonds must be achieved between the mortar and scratch coat, between the tile and mortar, and between the adhesive and backing
Bond
-substance applied to a suitable substrate to create a bond between it and a succeeding layer as between a subsurface and a terrazzo topping or a succeeding plaster application
Bonding Agent
-ceramic tile installation featuring each row offset for half its length
Broken Joint
-French term designating a plain or carved wood-paneled wall
Boiserie
- the projecting ornament placed at the intersection of beams or moldings
- it is often a carved head of an angel, flower, or foliage motif
Boss
-to polish or grind down to a smooth finish
Buff
-a wall or partition that supports the portion of the building above it in addition to its own weight
Bearing Partition
-plain square joint between two members
Butt Joint
- tiles that have projections on the bondable side
- many of these projections are round
Buttonback Tile
- copolymer of about 98% isobutylene and 2% isoprene
- it has the poorest resistance to petroleum oils and gasolines of any rubber
Butyl Rubber