Abstract : The use of fly ash as supplementary cementitious material was originally motivated by its consistent pozzolanic activity and provide for sustainable development in the cement industry. India has been a pioneer in the… Read More »EFFECT OF CHEMICO-MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIAN FLY ASHES ON PROPERTIES OF BLENDED CEMENT CONCRETE
Over the past two decades The Associated Cement Companies Ltd (ACC) India, has been involved in a number of assignments of raw mix optimisation for productivity enhancement and for Quality up-gradation, for its own cement… Read More »USE OF HIGH PHOSPHATE LIMESTONE IN CEMENT MANUFACTURE – A CASE STUDY
Sustainable development could be stated as, Economic and Social developments without detriment to the environment and natural resources. Sustainable development thus is a way of ensuring a better quality of life for all in the… Read More »Sustainability & Blended Cements
The Chemical and Mineralogical Characteristics of fly ash produced in the coal fired thermal plant is a function of nature of the coal, coal comminution system, boiler type & efficiency, fly ash collection ESP fields,… Read More »MINERALOGY OF FLY ASH & ITS INCREASED USAGE
The fly ash characteristics such as the combustible content, particle shape & size distribution of the fly ash and its Chemico-mineralogical characteristics i.e its oxide composition, nature & contents of the crystallites and the amorphous… Read More »The Chemico-Mineralogical Characteristics of Fly ash and its impact of Properties of PPC & resultant Concrete
Presence of higher Hemihydrate content in cements in OPC causes false set, however in blended cements like PPC and PSC invariably false set is not observed in physical testing of the cements, as the fly… Read More »DEVELOPMENT OF RAPID METHOD FOR ASSESSEMENT OF GYPSUM DEHYDRATION DURING CEMENT GRINDING