TYPES OF CEMENT

Types of Cement:

The following are the types of cement,

1.Portland Cement : This is the most common type of cement in general use around the world.

Principal raw materials used in the manufacturing:

1.Argillaceous or silicates of alumina in the farm of clays and shales.

2. calcareous or calcium carbonate in the form of lime, stone, chalk and marble.

Types of Portland cement:

1.Ordinary Portland cement,

2. Rabid hardening Portland cement

3. Extra rapid hardening cement,

4.Low heat Portland cement(IS-269)

5. Portland blast furnace cement (IS-455)

6. Portland pozzolana cement (IS-1489)

7. sulphate resisting cement

8. White and colored cement

Test For Portland cement:

fineness
2.Soundness
3.Setting time
4.compressive strength
5. Tensile strength.

2.High alumina cement:

    Its entirely in different way from that of Portland cements. Raw materials used for its manufacture are chalk and bauxite which is a special clay of extremely high alumina content.It has many advantages over other types of cements.It is characterized by dark colour,high early strength,high heat of hydration and resistance chemical attacks. 

3. Super Sulphated cement (IS-6909):

4. Natural Cement:

5. Special Cement:

6. Masonary Cement: