CEMENT

HYDRAULIC CEMENT
• Is a bonding agent that reacts with water to form a hard stone-like substance
that is resistant to disintegration in water.

PORTLAND CEMENT
• Is widely used in various small and large constructions including roads and
highways

POZZOLAN CEMENT
• Is an amorphous silica that harden as a silica gel by reacting chemically with
alkali in the presence of water.
WATER

• Water that is acceptable for drinking purposes is also satisfactory for use in
concrete mixing.
ADMIXTURE

• Is a material other than water, aggregates, or Portland cement, that is used as

an ingredient in concrete added to the batch immediately before or during its
mixing.
PURPOSE OF ADMIXTURE:
• To improve workability or consistency of concrete.
• To improve durability of concrete
• To increase strength
• Accelerate strength development
• Retard or accelerate the initial setting
• Retard or reduce the evolution of heat.
• Control alkali-aggregate expansion
• Increase density and reduce permeability
AGGREGATES
• Are inert materials when bound together into a conglomerated mass by
Portland cement and water to form concrete, mortar or plaster.

COARSE AGGREGATES
• Usually came from natural gravel deposits or manufactured by crushing rock,
stone, boulder and large cobble stone.

FINE AGGREGATES
• Is generally the product of natural disintegration of silica-bearing or calcium-
bearing rock.