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Characteristics
1. Used for general purpose
2. Available widely
3. Used where concrete is not subjected to specific exposures such as sulphate attacks from soil or water or to an
objectionable temperature rise due to heat of hydration
4. Suitable for all uses e.g pavement, sidewalk, R.C buildings, bridges, water tanks, culverts, sewers etc.
Contents
1. MgO is less than 0.6 %
2. Insolouble residue is less than 0.75 %
3. Loss on ignition is less than 3%
4. Insolouble residue
5. It is determined by treatment with HCl. It is due to impurities in Gypsum.
Loss on ignition:
• 200°C temperature is maintained for 1 hour for 10 grams of material.
Smaller quantities of air entraining materials are interground with clinker at the time of manufacture to produce minte, well
distributed and completely separated air bubbles. These are in millions per cubic feet. Used against freezing and thawing.
This type of cement is used where precaution against moderate sulphate attack is important. Like where concrete will come in
contact with ground or buried in ground. e.g in drainage structures, large piers, retaining walls etc
Type II generates less heat than type I and reaches its desired strength in 45 days
This type of cement is used in mass concreting because it generates less heat, though sets slowly but becomes much stronger after
curing. Its design strength is 90 days.
When concrete is exposed to highly alkaline soil or water having high sulphate content then this type is used.
This cement has a low C3A content so as to avoid sulphate attack from outside the concrete. Otherwise the formation of calcium
sulphoaluminate and gypsum would cause disruption of conrete due to an increase in volume of resultant compounds