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Md. Tahmidul Islam
Mongla Cement Factory
Mongla, Bagerhat
Bangladesh
Email: tuhintahmid@yahoo.com
tuhintahmid@gmail.com
PORTLAND CEMENT
1 ton of Portland
cement required
approx. 1,6 tons
of raw materials
CEMENT PRODUCTION –A SNAPSHOT
MAIN CHEMICAL COMPOUND OF
PORTLAND CEMENT
Name of compound Chemical Usual Reaction
composition abbreviation
Tricalcium silicate 3CaO.SiO2 C3S Quick reaction
Mineralogical Approx
Composition Abbreviation Function
composition Percentage
Rapid
Tricalcium silicate 3CaO.SiO2 C3S 45-65% Contribution to
strength
Slow
Dicalcium silicate 2CaO. SiO2 C2S 12-30% Contribution to
strength
Rapid
Tricalcium aluminate 3CaO.Al2O3 C3A 6-12% Contribution to
strength
Very Slow
Tetracalcium
4CaO. Al2O3.Fe2O3 C4AF 6-15% Contribution to
aluminoferrite
strength
EN (Europeen de Normalisation)
European standard EN 197-1: 2000 is adopted as a BDS Standard
Bangladesh Standard
BDS:EN 197-1: 2003
CEMENT CLASSIFICATION
As per Bangladesh Standard (BSTI)/European Standard (EN Standard)
EN 197-1 defines and gives the specification of 27 distinct common cement products
and their constituents
SL. ELEPHANT
PARAMETERS BDS:EN REQUIREMENT
NO BRAND
Strength
01 2 DAYS 10 MPa (1450 PSI) Minimum 15 MPa Min
28 DAYS 42.5 MPa (6162 PSI) Minimum 45 MPa Min
Setting time 140 -160
02 ≥ 60 Minute
Initial Minute
Soundness
03 ≤ 10 mm 2 mm
(Expansion)
Fineness
04 Specific Surface --------- 4000 cm2/gm
(Blaine)
ELEPHANT BRAND CEMENT
PORTLAND COMPOSITE CEMENT
BDS:EN 197.2000:CEM I, 52.5 N
Corrosion of
Chloride ≤ 0.1%
reinforcement
Cracks mortar or
MgO ≤ 5% concrete
(Expansion)