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About Cement , types and uses

A cement is a binder, a substance used in construction that sets, hardens and adheres to other materials, binding them together. Cement is seldom used solely, but is used to bind sand and gravel (aggregate) together. Cement is used with fine aggregate to produce mortar for masonry, or with sand and gravel aggregates to produce concrete

 The following are the types of cement that are in practice:


  • Rapid Hardening Cement
  • Quick setting cement
  • Low Heat Cement
  • Sulphates resisting cement
  • Blast Furnace Slag Cement
  • High Alumina Cement
  • White Cement
  • Coloured cement
  • Pozzolanic Cement
  • Air Entraining Cement
  • Hydrographic cement


Types of Cement and uses

Rapid Hardening Cement

Composition : Increased Lime content

 Purpose :  Attains high strength in early days it is used in concrete where formworks are removed at an early stage.

Quick setting cement

 Composition: Small percentage of aluminum sulphate as an accelerator and reducing percentage of Gypsum with fine grinding

 Purpose :Used in works is to be completed in very short period and concreting in static and running water

Low Heat Cement

 Composition:  Manufactured by reducing tricalcium aluminate

Puprpose: It is used in massive concrete construction like gravity dams

Sulphates resisting Cement

 Composition:  It is prepared by maintaining the percentage of tricalcium aluminate below 6% which increases power against sulphates

Purpose : It is used in construction exposed to severe sulphate action by water and soil in places like canals linings, culverts, retaining walls, siphons etc.,

Blast Furnace Slag Cement

Composition: It is obtained by grinding the clinkers with about 60% slag and resembles more or less in properties of Portland cement

Purpose :It can be used for works economic considerations is predominant.

High Alumina Cement

Composition:  It is obtained by melting mixture of bauxite and lime and grinding with the clinker it is rapid hardening cement with initial and final setting time of about 3.5 and 5 hours respectively

 Purpose :It is used in works where concrete is subjected to high temperatures, frost, and acidic action.

White Cement

Composition: It is prepared from raw materials free from Iron oxide.

Purpose :It is costlier and is used for architectural purposes such as precast curtain wall and facing panels, terrazzo surface etc.,

Colored cement

Composition:It is produced by mixing mineral pigments with ordinary cement

 Purpose :They are widely used for decorative works in floors

Pozzolanic Cement

Composition: It is prepared by grinding pozzolanic clinker with Portland cement.

  Purpose :It is used in marine structures, sewage works, sewage works and for laying concrete under water such as bridges, piers, dams etc.,

Air Entraining Cement

Composition:  is produced by adding indigenous air entraining agents such as resins, glues, sodium salts of Sulphates etc. during the grinding of clinker.

Purpose:This type of cement is especially suited to improve the workability with smaller water cement ratio and to improve frost resistance of concrete.

Hydrographic cement

Composition : It is prepared by mixing water repelling chemicals

Purpose:This cement has high workability and strength

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