Testing cements

The undersize can be removed and the further amount screened out in a given time noted, is done in cement testing.—Editor. 

In the standard EN establishing the methods of cements testing two methods of heat of hydration are given ... 

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Portland cement clinker and the assessment of its quality are discussed. Other sections deal with cement grinding, storage and hydration. The types and strength classes of cement, as well as cement testing procedures and associated matters, are also considered. Finally, some information on standard specifications for cement in various countries is given. 

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For example the minimum requirement for the twenty-four houf neat cement test should be some specified value within the limits o 50 and 100 pounds, and so on for each period stated. 

Aveston eta/. [50] suggested that this is not necessarily always the case, and that the overall orientation efficiency would also depend on the response of the matrix to the local flexural stresses. If the matrix is sufficiently weak, it will crumble, and the flexural stresses will be effectively relaxed. They thought this to be the case in the carbon fibre reinforced cement tested in their work. Stucke and M umdar [52] applied this mechanism to account for the embrittlement of glass fibre reinforced cement and suggested that the densification of the ageing matrix around the fibres leads to a build-up of flexural stresses in the fibres in the cracked zone, which in turn results in premature failure. In the younger composite, the matrix interface is more porous and weaker, and crumbles before any significant flexural stress can develop in the fibres. 

Based on the data, an apparent activation energy of 50-60 kj/mol was found for the rapid-hardening portland cement tested, assuming that the rate of reaction can be described by the reaction time obtained by the dispersion model (Equation 3.1) and using the Arrhenius equation (Castellan 1970)... 

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