Cement factories are established where these raw materials are available in plenty. Manufacture of Portland cement The raw materials required for manufacture of Portland cement are calcareous materials, such as limestone or chalk, and argillaceous material such as shale or clay. The Greeks and the Romans used calcined limestone and later learned to add to lime and water, sand and crushed stone or brick and broken tiles. The ancient Egyptians used calcined impure gypsum.

The use of cementing materials is very old. Cement Cement, can be described as a material with adhesive and cohesive properties which make it capable of bonding mineral fragments into a compact whole. 18- Shoring, underpinning and scaffolding. 17-Plastering with Gypsum and with cement mortar. 11- Masonry and types of masonry, stone, brick, and concrete block masonry. īuilding Constructions (Second course) content: 10-Foundations and type of foundations.

Building Materials (first course) content: 1-Cement.

4-Concrete Technology (Theory and Practice) by M.S.Shetty–New Delhi India-2010.

2-Building Design and Construction Handbook by Fredericks.

1-Building Materials by Gurcharan Singh, Fourth Edition.

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