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PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF OPC

OF VARIOUS GRADES

Physical and Chemical Properties of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) of Various

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Grades

33 Grade 43 Grade 53 Grade

Type of Cement
(IS: 269-1989) (IS:8112-1989) (IS: 12269-1987)

PHYSICAL PROPERITES

Minimum Compressive Strength, N/mm2

3 day 16 23 27

7 day 22 33 37

28 day 33 43 53

Fineness

Minimum specific surface (Blaine’s

225 225 225
air permeability) m2/kg

Setting times (minutes)

Initial, minimum 30 30 30

Final,maximum 600 600 600

Soundness, expansion (Le Chatelier

10.0 10.0 10.0
Test, mm), maximum

Autoclave test for MgO, percent,

0.8 0.8 0.8
maximum

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

Loss on ignition, percent,

5 5 4
maximum

Insoluble residue, percent,

4 2 2
maximum

Magnesia Mgo, percent maximum 6 6 6

SO3 , percent, maximum for:      

C3A>5 percent 2.5 2.5 2.5

C3A<5 percent 3 3 3
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Lime saturation factor (LSF) 0.66 to 1.02 0.66 to 1.02 0.8 to 1.02

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Gopal Mishra is a Civil Engineer from NIT Calicut and has more than 9 years of experience in Civil Engineering and
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