NPTEL MOOC COURSE ON

Basic Construction Materials

By Dr Manu Santhanam and Dr. Radhakrishna G Pillai | IIT Madras

Teaching Assistant: Anupama V.A.

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 OVERVIEW – Week 5

• Cement: history and production

• Classifications

• Tests on cement

• Aggregates and properties

• Chemical admixtures

• Process of concreting

• Concrete properties

• Concrete durability

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Q) Choose the material which has similar coefficient of thermal expansion as that of concrete

a) Steel Q) Argillaceous materials are sources of

b) Bamboo a) CaCO3
c) Plastic b) Al2O3
d) Paper
c) Fe2O3
d) SiO2

Q) _________________ patented hydraulic cement:

a) L.J. Vicat
b) Joseph Aspidin
c) Thomas Aspidin

Q) Which of the following imparts grey colour to the cement?

a) CaCO3
b) Al2O3
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c) Fe2O3
 Q) Arrange in the decreasing order of percentage of composition in cement
a) C3S > C2S > C3A > C4AF
b) C2S > C3A > C4AF > C3S

c) C4AF > C3A > C2S > C3S

d) C3S > C3A > C2S > C4AF

Q) Portlandite (CH) is the hydration product which is most susceptible to chemical attack
a) True
b) False

Q) Finer the cement, slower the rate of heat development

a) False
b) True

Q) Heat evolved depends on heat of hydration of individual

compounds \
a) False
Q) Vicat apparatus is used for testing___
a) Soundness
b) Setting time
c) Compressive strength
d) Consistency

Q) How can Type I cement be converted to type III?

a) Decrease fineness
b) Increase fineness
c) Increase alite content
d) Decrease alite content

Q) Expansive cements are beneficial in situations experiencing __________

a) Higher shrinkage
b) Lower shrinkage
c) Higher creep
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Q) Loss of strength with age of Calcium Aluminate Cement is due to a gradual conversion of hydration product CAH 10 to
a) C4AF
b) CSH Q) White cement has comparatively lower
c) CH a) Iron content
d) C3AH6 b) Magnesium content
c) Calcium content
d) Silica content
Q) Rounded aggregates provide better workability than angular aggregates
a) True
b) False

Q) In high strength concrete

a) Cracks pass through the paste Q) Reactivity is more when the silica present is ________
b) Cracks pass through the aggregate a) Amorphous
b) Crystalline

Q) Good bond is obtained when smooth aggregates are used than rough aggregates.
a) False
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b) Trure
 Micro-structural characterisation of cementitious materials – Part 2
Prof Karen Scrivener
Q) For cold-weather concreting, we use_______________. Q) ___________ are mainly used to protect
a) Accelerators concrete from freezing and thawing
b) Retarders a) Air entrainers
c) Viscosity Modifiers b) Superplasticizers
c) Retarders

Q) Unit of compacting factor is _______________.

Q) The Abram’s law: fc = A / Bw/c relates __________
a) N a) Strength and water to cement ratio
b) mm b) Strength and fines content
c) Unitless c) Water to cement ratio and workability
d) kg/s d) Shrinkage and water to cement ratio

Q) Concrete pouring must be vertically down

a) True Q) Creep in concrete is greater than the creep in steel
b) False a) True
b) False
Q) Name the two time-dependent deformations:
a) Shrinkage
b) Creep 7
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