PORTLAND CEMENT

SPECIFICATIONS:

ORDINARY GREY PORTLAND CEMENT GRADE 42.5 CONFORMING TO STANDARD

GB175-1999 HAVING CHEMICAL PROPERTIES:

L.O.I. : MAX 5.0

MGO : MAX 5.0
SO3 : MAX 3.5
FINENESS : 0.08MM SIEVE MAX 10
SOUNDNESS : SOUND SETTING TIME
INITIAL SET : MIN 45 MINUTES
FINAL SET : MAX 10 HOURS
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH :
3 DAYS : 21 MPA ,
28 DAYS : 42.5 MPA
BENDING STRENGTH
3 DAYS : 4.0 MPA,
28 DAYS : 6.5 MPA

FACTS ABOUT CEMENT:

There are about 70 varieties of cement and available in powder, paste and liquid form but we
are only concerned here with constructional cement commonly known as Portland cement.
(Portland is the town in South England where cement was originally made)

WHAT IS CEMENT?

Portland (constructional) Cement is a fine powder mixture of various minerals. It is produced

by mixing calcareous minerals such as chalk, limestone containing silica and alumina and
heating it to 1450 deg C when it cools a clinker is formed. This clinker is then finely ground
and mixed with small quantity 3-5% of gypsum which has calcium sulphate in it. The amount
of gypsum controls the physical properties of the eventual concrete. Sometimes very minute
quantities of pigments are also added. Cement producing processes do however vary.

CEMENT FORMULA:

This formula is a very complex and no one really knows the nature and complexities of
chemical/physical reactions of mixtures of cement with water (hydration)

TYPES OF PORTLAND CEMENT:

- OPC Ordinary Portland Cement

- Rapid Hardening Portland Cement
- Sulphate Resisting Portland Cement
- Low Heat Portland Cement
- White Portland Cement
- Other Cements based on Portland:
 -Waterproof & water repellent Cement
-Masonry Cement
-Hydrophobic Cement
-Blast-furnace Cement

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:

- China - India - Indonesia - Iran - Italy

- Russia - Others

PACKING:
- 50 Bags (Paper or Poly bags)
- 1.5 tonne bags
- 2 tonne bags
- Bulk/Loose
- Some manufacturers are now supplying 10 tonne bags as well