**Meet the editors**

Hosam Saleh is a professor of Radioactive Waste Management at the Department of Radioisotope, Atomic Energy Authority, Egypt. He received his MSc and PhD degrees in Physical Chemistry from the Cairo University. He is interested in studying the innovative economic and environment-friendly techniques for the management of hazardous and radioactive wastes. He has au-

thored many peer-reviewed scientific papers and chapters. He is an editor of several books related to valuable international publishers.

Rehab O. Abdel Rahman is an associate professor of Chemical Nuclear Engineering at the Atomic Energy Authority, Egypt. She received her PhD degree in Nuclear Engineering from Alexandria University. She contributed to the publication of more than 30 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 8 book chapters, and 4 books. She is an honored scientist at the Academy of Scientific Research

and Technology (ASRT) and serves as a verified reviewer in several journals and a managing editor of the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM) and International Journal of English and Education (IJEE).

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Properties of Cement Based Material 1**

**Based Materials 3**

**Realization 13**

Elena Cerro-Prada

**Synthetic C-S-H 79**

Stanislav Boldyryev

**Section 2 Green Cements 91**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Properties and Applications of Cement-**

Hosam M. Saleh and Rehab O. Abdel Rahman

Kochkarev Dmitriy and Galinska Tatyana

Chapter 4 **Cement Microstructure: Fostering Photocatalysis 49**

Chapter 6 **Morphogenesis of Cement Hydrate: From Natural C-S-H to**

Rouzbeh Shahsavari and Sung Hoon Hwang

Chapter 5 **Water Sorption of Hardened Cement Pastes 63** Mohammad Hajmohammadian Baghban

Chapter 7 **Heat Integration in a Cement Production 93**

Chapter 3 **Fibre Reinforced Cement Composites 31** Wafa Abdelmajed Labib

Chapter 2 **Nonlinear Calculations of the Strength of Cross-sections of**

**Bending Reinforced Concrete Elements and Their Practical**
