**Meet the author**

Petr Ptáček was born in 1978 in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic. He received his PhD in materials science and technology from Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry in 2005. Since 2005 up to now he has been working at the Institute of Materials Chemistry and at the Materials Research Centre of Brno University of Technology as an Assistant Professor and a Senior

Researcher, respectively. Current teaching and research activities include chemistry, materials structure and thermodynamics, heat treatment of silicates, ceramics and advanced ceramics, refractory materials, special inorganic cements, geopolymers, colloidal chemistry and heterogeneous kinetics. He was awarded several times for his out-standing academic performance in the fields mentioned above. Ptáček has published over 75 scientific articles, including full-length articles, book chapters and contributions to international conferences; he registered 4 national patents and participated in the development of 4 applied industrial technologies.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Chapter 2 **Raw Materials for Production of SrAC 45**

Chapter 3 **Technology of Thermal Treatment 85**

Chapter 4 **Processes during Thermal Treatment 97**

**Aluminate Cements 129**

**Aluminate 187**

**Materials 243**

Chapter 12 **References 267**

**Aluminate Phases 233**

Chapter 11 **Notations and Abbreviations 263**

Chapter 5 **Hydration and Setting Behaviour of Strontium**

Chapter 8 **Expansive Strontium Aluminate Cements 219**

Chapter 9 **Advanced Techniques for Preparation of Strontium**

Chapter 10 **Other Technical Applications of Strontium Containing**

Chapter 6 **Applications of Strontium Aluminate Cements 141**

Chapter 7 **Blended and Multicomponent Cements Based on Strontium**

Chapter 1 **Introduction 1**
