Module 6: Engineering Materials

Praveen P. Singh and Vishal Srivastava

Volume 4 | Issue 2 | Pages 72-78

Abstract

Cement is the one of the most important building material at the present time. It is used in the construction of buildings, roads,bridges, dams etc. It was discovered, in 1824, by an English Mason, Joseph Aspdin who observed that when strongly heated mixture of limestone and clay was mixed with water and allowed to stand, it hardened to a stone like mass which resembled Portland rock a famous building stone of England. Since then the name Portland cement has been given to a mixture, containing high percentage of lime with silica, iron oxide, alumina, etc.

Keywords

Setting and hardening of cement, Applications of cement, Plaster of paris, Lubricants- Classification

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