Civil Engineering Today

  Types of Cement - 1.       Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) 2.       Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC) 3.       Rapid Hardening Cement 4.       Quick setting cement 5.       Low Heat Cement 6.       Sulfates resisting cement 7.       Blast Furnace Slag Cement 8.       High Alumina Cement 9.       White Cement 10.   Colored cement 11.   Air Entraining Cement 12.   Expansive cement 13.   Hydrographic cement Fig: Different types of cements 1. Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) - Ordinary Portland cement is also called Portland cement because on hardening and its colour resembles to rocks near Portland in England. It was first of all introduced in 1824 by Joseph Asp din, England. Ordinary Portland cement is the most extensive...