Construction Materials

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scrap = old, used

economically sound way = profitable project site = a place where construction works are being provided viscosity = the state of being thick, sticky, and semi-fluid in consistency binder = a substance used to make other substances or materials stick or mix together conventional = traditional film = a thin flexible strip of plastic reflective(1) and thermo(2) cracking = how cracks appear on the roads due to (1) loading impacted by traffic and (2) evaporating of binder impacted by sun rays open-graded friction course = a type of pavement with a relatively large percentage of air voids (=bubbles) thwart = prevent sub-graded = leveled off to receive a foundation (as of a road) retard = delay or hold back in terms of progress or development landfill = the disposal of waste material by burying it 350-450 degrees by Fahrenheit = 177-232 degrees by Celcius from five to seven tenth of gallons per square yard = from 5/10 to 7/10 gallon/yard2 = 2.26-3.17 liter/m2 #constructionscrap = old, used economically sound way = profitable project site = a place where construction works are being provided viscosity = the state of being thick, sticky, and semi-fluid in consistency binder = a substance used to make other substances or materials stick or mix together conventional = traditional film = a thin flexible strip of plastic reflective(1) and thermo(2) cracking = how cracks appear on the roads due to (1) loading impacted by traffic and (2) evaporating of binder impacted by sun rays open-graded friction course = a type of pavement with a relatively large percentage of air voids (=bubbles) thwart = prevent sub-graded = leveled off to receive a foundation (as of a road) retard = delay or hold back in terms of progress or development landfill = the disposal of waste material by burying it 350-450 degrees by Fahrenheit = 177-232 degrees by Celcius from five to seven tenth of gallons per square yard = from 5/10 to 7/10 gallon/yard2 = 2.26-3.17 liter/m2
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