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Introduction
Nearly half the cement in a building is used for low
strength applications like plasters & mortars where strength requirements is often as low as 3Mpa.
Contact b/w brick & mortar & the bonding of brick &
are :
Lime stone
It is one of the basic raw material for all lime
mortars.
Lime stone is essentially calcium carbonate in
nature.
Lime stones are available in 3 forms:
1.
2. 3.
MORTAR
Lime mortar
Fat lime mortar Hydraulic lime mortar
with sand.
This type of mortar does not need any moisture for
This type of lime sets in the presence of moisture & the Calcium hydra-
oxide reacts with the amorphous silica & alumina present in burnt clay.
This type of mortar has to be cured by keeping it moist for at least 28
days.
Hydraulic lime mortars have
Pozzolana
Its a material, which is consists of amorphous silica and
alumina.
Its not a cementitious by it self , but forms cementitious
Manufacturing process
An intimate mixture of lime & pozzolana will set in the
lime & brick powder used to be mixed & ground in the presence of moisture in bullock driven mortar mills. The
ground
moist
mixture
is
then
directly
used
in
construction.
Station , K.R. Sagar Dam site, it was found that the mortar strength reaches a maximum when the duration of grinding is 35 min.
Grinding for longer or shorter durations leads to lower strengths
Two alternative techniques for the processing of lime pozzolana cement by the Department of Civil Engineering, IISc. They are:
This procedure also means that the dry mixture of lime &
stored for more than 14 days if strength reduction is to be less than 10%.
Mix stored in gunny bags leads to the reduction of strength to
The slaked lime & well ground pozzolana may now be mixed in a
may be poured over sand & mixed thoroughly to get the limepozzolana mortar.