Sea Water for Mixing Concrete It is advisable, as stated above, to use clean water fit for drinking purposes for making cement concrete. However, at places where sea water is available in abundance and potable water is costly, the sea water can be used for making cement concrete....
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Rapid Hardening Cement Rapid Hardening Cement, as the name indicates these type of cement gains high strength in early days. But, the initial and final setting time of Rapid Hardening Cement is same as that of ordinary PPC cement. These cements have about 56% of tricalcium silica...
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High Density Concrete High density concrete is a concrete having a density in the range of 6000 to 6400 kg/cu.m. High density concrete is also known as Heavy weight concrete. High density concrete is mainly used for the purpose of radiation shielding, for counterweights and oth...
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Concrete Blocks (1) Raw materials used in Concrete Blocks : The materials required for the production of the concrete blocks are aggregates, cement and water. The aggregates of various types have been used with varying degree of success and they include crushed stones, gravel, vo...
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