Concrete Shrinkage – Shrinkage of Concrete
Concrete Shrinkage - Shrinkage of Concrete
Concrete shrinks during setting and drying due to hydration of cement and produces shrinkage cracks. The drying shrinkage increases...
Soundness Test on Cement
Soundness Test on Cement
Soundness Test on Cement is carried out to detect the presence of uncombined lime in cement. This test is performed with...
Blast Furnace Cement
Blast Furnace Cement
In Blast furnace cement, the slag as obtained from blast furnace is used. The slag is a waste product in the manufacturing...
Expanding Cement
The Expanding cement is produced by adding an expanding medium like sulpho-aluminate and a stabilising agent to the ordinary cement. Hence this cement expands...
Storage of Cement
Storage of Cement
Cement can be safely stored in sacks for a few months if kept in dry and air-right room. If prolonged storage of...
Hydration of Cement & Evolution of Heat
Hydration of Cement & Evolution of Heat
When water is added to cement, the cement hydrates and during the chemical reactions which take place while...
Coloured Cement
Coloured Cement
Coloured Cement may be obtained by intimately mixing mineral pigments with ordinary cement. The amount of colouring material may vary from 5 to...
Initial & Final Setting Time of Cement Test
Initial & Final Setting Time of Cement
Initial & Final Setting Time of Cement test is used to detect the deterioration of cement due to storage.This...
Tensile Strength of Cement
Tensile Strength of Cement
Tensile Strength of Cement test was formerly used to have an indirect indication of compressive strength of cement. It is at present...
Low Heat Cement
Low Heat Cement
Low Heat Cement as the name indicates these type of cement is used inorder to reduce the amount of heat evolved during...