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No : ae Majerial Cwcek 8) : 1)\ What is Mortar. (2 marks) Morjay i 0 majeria) used in masonry to fill the qays bebween blocks in_conctruction The blocks may be shue, brick, breeze blocks Cander blocks), efe- Mov tar is a minture of sand, a binder veh as cement ov lime, and waiter nnd is applied Os A paste which Yhen sels hard: 38 [pescyive 3 laifbbyences between imoxdar and concrett -(6marks) An mansory wall ihe mortar acts as the binder to vide the units ( brick stone, block , etc.) that provide ihe strength , while concrete i5 a Strvctvral majertal im itself; it alone provides the strength do met SivvcAwyal veo vivemenit Movitar ss placed beiwcen absav bent masonry unite and as foun as confac} As made it Shards to loge water while conte pind in none aveerbeni metal lor wooden \forms so that all the water will be tau Yo_tnsurt_compleke_hydtaton __Jand tne development! of maximem arengti ~_|Nw_witoy tar: sting th ‘5 Only One of several important Factors ik An concrete, Siyength is a prime consideration .

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