CEMENT TYPES & THEIR SELECTION FOR

ROAD STABILIZATION

Vipul Agrawal
Lafarge East Africa
Cement Stabilization Seminar
Kasese, Uganda
9h -10th March 2006

CONTENTS

Current Ugandan Cement standards

Cement - Technical Specifications & designations

Cement for Soil Stabilization

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Current Ugandan Cement Standard

Kenya adopted new comprehensive cement standard US

310-1:2001 Composition, specifications and conformity
criteria for common cements in year 2002.
The above standard replaced the earlier standards US 108 &
US 63 for OPC (Ordinary Portland Cement) & PPC (Portland
Pozzolana Cement) respectively.
The development of this standard was necessitated by the
need to harmonizing requirements governing the quality of
products & services in East Africa, COMESA and
internationally (European Norms).
US 310-1:2001 is based on European Standard EN 197-1
and is also harmonized as a East African Standard EAS 18-1.

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Why the new Ugandan standard?

Easier cement identification and properties from the

label.
All Ugandan Cement manufacturers comply with the US
310-1 standard. Local cement, international quality!
Optimization of use of extenders - pollution reduction
during cement prod./extension of quarry life
Easier comparison for the competitive local and export
market
Wide range of product flexibility - opportunity for
customer need based product

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General classification
CEMENT TYPES
PORTLAND CEMENT

COMPOSITION

- Pure Portland Cement

>95% clinker and calcium sulphates

-Portland Composite Cement

Portland Slag
Portland flyash
Portland Pozzolana
Portland Limestone
etc

< 95% but =65% clinker and calcium

sulphates

OTHER CEMENTS
Blast furnace slag
Alumina cements
etc

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< 65% clinker and calcium sulphates

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Ugandan Cement Standard US 310-1:2001

CEMENT CLASSIFICATION
Standards classifies common cements into 5 classes:
a) CEM I - Portland cements
b) CEM II- Portland composite cements
c) CEM III - Blast furnace cement
d) CEM IV - Pozzolanic cement
e) CEM V - Composite cement

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Cement - Technical Specifications

Mechanical/Physical requirement

Strength classes: Three strength classes are included :Class 32.5, class 42.5, class 52.5

Early strength classes: Two classes of early strength are

included:- A class with ordinary early strength indicated by
N and a class with high early strength indicated by R.

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New designations
Examples:
Portland Pozzolana cement of strength class 32.5 with
a normal early strength and containing 21-35%
pozzolana by mass is identified by:
US 310-1:2001 -Part 1 :
Portland Pozzolana Cement CEM II/B-P 32.5 R
Portland cement of strength class 42.5 with a normal
early strength is identified by:
US 310-1:2001 -Part 1:
Portland Cement CEM I 42,5N

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Cement for Soil Stabilization

Cement to be suitable for stabilization of soil should

have :
Good cohesion and binding property
Longer setting time, to allow more time for application.
Normal strength development (not fast development
as in OPC)
Good workability.
The Uganda General Specifications for Road and
Bridge Works Section 3800 specifies cement for
stabilization as per US 310-1:2001.
It gives clear guidelines for selection of the stabilizing
agent based on the fineness and plasticity index of the
soil.

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What HIMA offers for stabilization?

Hima Cement produces its MULTIPURPOSE

Brand Portland Pozzolana Cement CEM II /
B-P 32,5N, which is most suitable for soil
stabilization.
It is being successfully used on the 3 ongoing
road projects in Kasese & Fort Portal districts
(Lot 7,8 & 9).

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