Tests on cement

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Government
Polytechnic Jamnagar
Concrete technology

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TESTING OF CEMENT

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 FIELD TESTING
 LABORATORY TESTING
METHODS OF TESTING

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 Open the bag and take a good look at the cement,
then it should not contain any visible lumps.
 Colour of cement should be greenish grey.
 Should get cool feeling when thrusted.
 When we touch the cement, it should give a smooth
&not a gritty feeling.
 When we throw the cement on a bucket full of water
before it sinks the particles should flow.
 When we make a stiff paste of cement & cut it with
sharp edges & kept on a glass plate under water there
wont be any disturbance to the shape& should get
strength after 24hours.
FIELD TEST

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LABORATORY TESTS
 Fineness test
 Standard consistency test
 Setting time test
 Soundness test
Compressive test

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• The fineness of cement has an important bearing
on the rate of hydration, rate of gain of strength,
evolution of heat.
• Finer cement offers greater surface area.
• Disadvantage of fine grinding is that it is
susceptible to air set & early deterioration.
• Maximum no. of particles in a sample of
cement<100microns.
• The smallest particle should have a size if
1.5microns.
• Large particle should have a size of 10microns.
FINENESS TEST

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Fineness of cement is tested in two ways.
• By sieving.
• By determination specific surface by air permeability

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• Take correctly 100grams of cement on a
standard IS sieve No.9
• Break down the air-set lumps & sieve it
&weigh it.
• This weight shall not exceed 10% for
ordinary cement.
• Sieve test is rarely used.
• The weight of the residue
should not exceed 10% for
ordinary cement.
SIEVE TEST

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 Principle of air permeability method is in observing
the time taken for a fixed quantity of air to flow
through compacted cement bed of specified dimension
and porosity.
PROCEDURE:
 cement required to make a cement bed of porosity
0.475 is calculated.
 pass on the air slowly at constant velocity.
Adjust the rate of air flow until the flowmeter shows
a difference in level of 30-50cm.
Repeat these observation for constant h1/h2.
specified air flow.
STANDARD PERMEABILITY TEST

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The standard consistency of a cement paste is
defined as that consistency which will permit
a Vicat plunger having 10 mm diameter and
50 mm length to penetrate to a depth of 33-
35 mm from the top of the mould.
STATNDARD CONSISTENCY TEST
USE
Used to find out the percentage of water
required to produce a cement paste of
standard consistency.
This is also called normal consistency
(CPNC).

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•For first trial, take about 500gms of cement &
water of r%.
•Fill it in Vicat’s mould with in 3-5min.
•After filling, shake the mould to expel air.
•A standard plunger, 10 mm diameter, 50 mm long
is attached and brought down to touch the surface of
the paste and quickly released.
•Note the reading according to depth of penetration
of the plunger.

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•Conduct trials continuously by taking
different water cement ratios till the plunger
penetrates for a depth of 33-35mm from top.
• This particular percentage is known as
percentage of water required to produce
cement paste of standard consistency.
This is usually denoted as ‘P’.
SUITABLE CONDITIONS:
Conducted in a constant temperature of
27º±2ºC.
Constant Humidity 90%.

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An arbitraty division has been made for the
setting time of cement as
 Initial setting time
 Final setting time.
SETTING TIME TEST

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 The time elapsed between the moment that the
water is added to the cement, to the time that the
paste starts losing its plasticity.
 Normally a minimum of 30min has maintained
for mixing & handling operations.
 It should not be less than 30min.
INITIAL SETTING TIME

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FINAL SETTING TIME
 The time elapsed between the moment the
water is added to the cement, and the time
when the paste has completely lost its
plasticity and has attained sufficient firmness
to resist certain definite pressure.
 It should not exceed 10hours.
So that it is avoided from least vulnerable to
damages from external activities.

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PROCEDURE:
 Vicat apparatus is used for finding the setting time
 Take 500gms of cement and add about 0.85p
 The paste should be filled within 3-5 minutes.
 Initial and final setting time is noted.

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SOUNDNESS TEST
 It is very important that the cement after setting
shall not undergo any appreciable change of
volume.
 This test is to ensure that the cement does not
show any subsequent expansions.
 The unsoundness in cement is due to the presence
of excess of lime combined with acidic oxide at the
kiln.
 This is due to high proportion of magnesia &
calcium sulphate.
 Therefore magnesia content in cement is limited
to 6%.

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Le-Chatelier-Mould

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6. Compressive Strength
• Compressive strength of cement is the most
important property.
• It is determined by ducting compression tests on
standard 50 mm mortar cubes in accordance with
ASTM C 109.
• In general, cement strength (based on mortar-cube
tests) can not be used to predict concrete
compressive strength with great degree of accuracy
because of many variables in aggregate
characteristics, concrete mixtures, construction
procedures, and environmental conditions in the
field.
• Rates of compressive strength development for
concrete, made with various types of cement, are
shown in Fig. 2-42.

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Compressive Strength Test

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Strength Development of Portland
Cement mortar cubes

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