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    This document describes a standard test method for determining the fineness of Portland cement. It involves sifting a 100g cement sample through a #200 sieve, with fineness defined as the percentage of the sample passing through the sieve. A sample with 90% or more passing through is considered fresh, as finer cement particles hydrate more rapidly and develop strength quicker. The test helps ensure cement has a sufficient surface area and fineness for effective hydration.

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    This document describes a standard test method for determining the fineness of Portland cement. It involves sifting a 100g cement sample through a #200 sieve, with fineness defined as the percentage of the sample passing through the sieve. A sample with 90% or more passing through is considered fresh, as finer cement particles hydrate more rapidly and develop strength quicker. The test helps ensure cement has a sufficient surface area and fineness for effective hydration.

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    This document describes a standard test method for determining the fineness of Portland cement. It involves sifting a 100g cement sample through a #200 sieve, with fineness defined as the percentage of the sample passing through the sieve. A sample with 90% or more passing through is considered fresh, as finer cement particles hydrate more rapidly and develop strength quicker. The test helps ensure cement has a sufficient surface area and fineness for effective hydration.

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    PRACTICAL # 7

    Standard test method for fineness of Portland cement

    Theory:
    • Hydraulic cement refers to material which hardens under water

    • Portland cement is obtained by mixing together limestone, silica, alumina and


    iron oxide bearing materials, burning them at a clinkering temperature and
    grinding the resulting clinker.

    • Four compounds are regarded as the major constituents of cement


    Trcalcium silicate C3S
    Dicalcium silicate C2S
    Tricalcium aluminate C3A
    Tetracalcium alumino ferrite C4AF

    • When water is added to cement, hydration of cement takes place. In the presence
    of water, the silicates and aluminates of Portland cement form hydrates which
    produce hardened cement paste. The hydration of C3S produces calcium silicate
    hydrate (C3S2H3) and calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2. C2S behaves similarly but
    produces less lime.

    • The hydration of cement compounds is exothermic, and the quantity of heat per
    gram of unhydrated cement, evolved upon complete hydration at a given
    temperature, is defined as heat of hydration. For Portland cements, about one half
    of the total heat is liberated between 1 and 3 days, about three quarters in 7 days
    and nearly 90% in 6 months. Reducing the proportions of C3A and C3S can reduce
    the heat of hydration of cement. The values of the heat of hydration of the
    compounds used in cement are given below

    Compound Heat of hydration (J/g)


    C3S 502
    C2S 260
    C3A 867
    C4AF 419

    • Hydration starts at the surface of the cement particles, it is the total surface area of
    cement that represents the material available for hydration. Thus the rate of
    hydration depends on the fineness of cement particles and for a rapid development
    of strength a high fineness is necessary.

    • Increasing the fineness of cement has the effect of increasing the quantity of C3A
    and this raises the gypsum requirement.
    Apparatus:
    Balance, Sample of cement, Sieve # 200

    Procedure:
    Take 100g of sample of cement and put it in sieve # 200 and shake it. After that weight
    the sample retained on the sieve. If it comes 10g i.e. 10% of given sample weight then it
    is fresh because 90% has passed through sieve # 200, other wise not.

    Weight of Cement sample taken = W1


    Weight retained on Sieve = W2
    W1 - W2
    ∗100
    % fineness of Cement = W1

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