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    This document discusses different types of cement, their qualities and uses. It begins by defining cement as a binder that sets and hardens, binding other materials. There are various types including ordinary Portland cement, rapid hardening cement, coloured cement, hydrophobic cement, and acid resisting cement. Cement grades indicate strength levels and the most common for construction is 53-grade. Field tests can check cement quality by examining factors like date, color, texture and strength. The types and qualities discussed allow cement to be used for various construction needs.

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    This document discusses different types of cement, their qualities and uses. It begins by defining cement as a binder that sets and hardens, binding other materials. There are various types including ordinary Portland cement, rapid hardening cement, coloured cement, hydrophobic cement, and acid resisting cement. Cement grades indicate strength levels and the most common for construction is 53-grade. Field tests can check cement quality by examining factors like date, color, texture and strength. The types and qualities discussed allow cement to be used for various construction needs.

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    This document discusses different types of cement, their qualities and uses. It begins by defining cement as a binder that sets and hardens, binding other materials. There are various types including ordinary Portland cement, rapid hardening cement, coloured cement, hydrophobic cement, and acid resisting cement. Cement grades indicate strength levels and the most common for construction is 53-grade. Field tests can check cement quality by examining factors like date, color, texture and strength. The types and qualities discussed allow cement to be used for various construction needs.

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    Cement is a binder used in construction that sets and hardens, binding other materials together. It is made from a mixture of constituents and acts as the main component in concrete.

    Cement is made from a mixture of different constituents including limestone, clay, sand and iron ore.

    The different grades of cement are 33 Grade, 43 Grade and 53 Grade, with higher grades indicating higher strength.

    CEMENT–

    QUALITY TYPES
    & USES

    1
    by
    Arundhathi unnikrishnan
    CONTENTS
     What is cement ?

     Composition

     Quality

     Grade

     Types

    2
    WHAT IS CEMENT?
    * A cement is a binder , a substance used in
    construction that sets, hardens and adheres to
    other materials, binding them together.
    * Cement is a mixture of different constituents and
    acts as the main constituent in concrete, Egyptians
    first manufactured Cementing materials by burning
    gypsum. And then Romans & Greeks used
    cementing materials obtained by burning limestone.

    3
    GENERAL CHEMICAL
    COMPOSITION

    4
    QUALITY
     It is necessary to check the quality of cement on site at the
    time of preliminary inspection. It is not possible to check all the
    engineering qualities of cement on site but there exist some
    field test which gives us a rough idea of quality of cement.
     Date of packing

     Colour

     Rubbing

     Hand Insertion

     Float Test

     Smell Test

     Presence of lumps

     Shape Test

     Strength Test 5
    GRADE OF CEMENT
      These are terms used for describing different grades of
    cement. A grade of cement indicates the strength of
    cement that is measured in Mega pascal (Mpa ) or
    N/mm2. Cement is usually measured after 28 days of
    curing for a standard cube.
    most professionals opt for 53 grade cement.
    33 Grade Ordinary Portland used for general construction
    Cement work under normal
    I.S. 269:1989
    environmental condition.

    43 Grade Ordinary Portland used for plain concrete work


    Cement and plastering works.
    I.S. 8112:1989
    53 Grade Ordinary Portland  used for structural purposes
    Cement as in reinforced cement 6
    I.S. 12269:1987
    concrete.
    TYPES OF CEMENT
     Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC)
     Rapid hardening cement
     Coloured cement
     Hydrophobic cement
     Expanding cement
     Acid resistant cement
     Quick setting cement
     Sulphate resisting cement
     High Alumina cement
     White cement
     Air entraining cement
     Oil well cement
     Low heat cement
     Super sulphate cement
     Pozzolana cement 7
     Blast furnace slag cement
    Ordinary portland
    Rapid hardening cement
    cement

    In usual construction  When finely grounded


    work,Ordinary Portland Tri-calcium silicate
    Cement is widely used. (C3S) is present in
    Uses of Ordinary OPC with higher
    Portland Cement content, it gains
     It is used for general strength more quickly
    than OPC. This type of
    construction purposes.
    OPC is called Rapid
     It is also used in most
    Hardening Cement.
    of the masonry works.
     It’s initial Setting Time
    30 minutes and Final
    Setting Time 600
    minutes.
    8
    Coloured cement Hydrophobic cement

     The cements are  Usually, it is used in the


    obtained by adding construction of water
    pigments with opc or structures such as
    white cement dams, spillways, or
     Chromium oxide-green other submerged
     Cobalt-blue structures.
     It is also used in the
     Carbon pigments-black
    construction of
     Manganese-black,brown
    underground structure
    Uses like tunnel etc.
    For decorative works
    Plastering of walls
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    Expansive cement Acid resisting cement

     Opc shrinks during  This cement resists


    setting and drying. the attack of acid.
     While expansive  To achieve this, the
    cement suffers materials like
    hardly any change quartz,sodium
    in volume during silicates are added
    drying to opc.
    Uses  Used for

    Machine foundation construction of acid


    Concrete repair resisting floors in
    works factories
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    Sulphate resisting
    Quick setting cement
    cement

     Sulphet resisting Quick setting cement is


    cement is used to the cement which sets in a
    resist sulphet attacks in very short time. The initial
    concrete. Due to the setting time is 5 minutes
    lower percentage and the final setting time is
    30 minutes. The
    of Tricalcium aluminate,
    composition of Quick
    the production of Setting Cement:
    calcium sulpho- Aluminium sulphate (1% to
    aluminates gets 3% by weight of clinker)
    reduced. The aluminium sulphte
    Uses increase the hydration rate
     Marine structures of silicate.
    Ideal for under water
     Sewage treatment 11
    construction
    structures
    12
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