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...
Hydrophobic Cement
Hydrophobic Cement
Hydrophobic cement as the name indicates that these cements are used in places where water is predominant. These type of cement contains some...
High Alumina Cement
High Alumina Cement
High Alumina Cement is manufactured by grinding clinkers of calcining bauxite (it's an aluminium ore) and ordinary lime. In which the total...
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...
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...
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...
Acid-Resistant Cement
Acid-Resistant Cement
An acid-resistant cement is composed of the following,
acid-resistant aggregates such as quartz, quartzites, etc.,
additive such as sodium flurosilicate and
aqueous solution of sodium silicate...
Concrete Blocks
Concrete Blocks
(1) Raw materials used in Concrete Blocks :
The materials required for the production of the concrete blocks are aggregates, cement and water....
Types of Bricks
Types of Bricks
Some of the different types of bricks are,
(1) Bullnose brick:
A brick moulded with a rounded angle is termed as a bullnose....
Underpinning
Underpinning
Underpinning is applied to the building of new work underneath an existing structure without disturbing its stability. Underpinning may be necessary. when defective foundation...