CEMENT TECHNOLOGY-I

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Sub Code

06CC43

IA Marks

25

Hrs / Week

04

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Exam Hours

03

Total Hrs

52

Exam Marks

100

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PART A

UNIT 1:

Origin and development of cement industries, Lime and other building materials, Different typ es of building lime and their properties, Classification of cement, Raw materials, their selection and proportioning, Calcareous and argillaceous materials.

UNIT 2:

Raw materials quality and burnability factors for clinkerisation, Effect of minor constituents and mineralizers on raw mix burning and cement characteristics, quality requirements, corrective materials and additives, industrial wastes and byproducts.

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UNIT 3:

Study of phase diagrams of binary, testing i.e., CaO Al 2 O 3 SiO 2 and phase relations of the clinker materials, proportion of different phase constituents and their ultimate effect on properties of cement.

UNIT 4:

Thermo chemistry of clinker formation, Sequence of reaction, Reaction products, Calculation of potential phase composition and liquid phase temperature.

PART B

UNIT 5:

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Hydration of Portland Cement: Hydration mechanisms and related theories for C 3 S phase and mechanics of C
2 3

S and C A. Setting and hardening of Portland Cement, Set regulations of gypsum, Physical and mechanical properties of Portland Cement.

UNIT 6:

Types of cements and their uses, quick setting, Rapid hardening, Low heat cements, BF slag cement, Pozzolona and Pozzolonic cement, High alumina cement, Hydrophobic and water proof cement, expanding and stressing cement, sulfate resisting, superphosphate and trief cement.

UNIT 7:

Testing of cement, particle size analysis by different methods, Initial and final setting time,

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Density, Soundness, Strength test etc.

UNIT 8:

ISI specifications for different types of cement, guidelines for selection of raw materials for different processes, Gypsum, Plaster of Paris, Manufacture of POP and its uses.

REFERENCE BOOKS

i. Text Book of Cement and Concrete - Lee

ii. Advances in Cement Technology S.N. Ghosh

iii. Cement Engineers Handbook Van Otto Labahn McGraw Hill.

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