Binding materials

Вяжущие материалы – Binding materials

Цемент – – Cement

Испытание цемента (активность) – cement testing

Нормальная густота (цемент) – density of cement

Сроки схватывания (цемент) – cement setting time

Тонкость помола, содержание комков (цемент) – Fineness of Cement.  Checking for lumps in cement

Определение прочности на сжатие цнипс – Determination of compressive strength

Водоотделение цемента – Water separation of cement

Определение марки цемента по образцам балочек – Determination of cement grade by samples

Определение расплыва (цемент) – – Determination of cement spreading

Изготовление образцов балочек (цемент) – Cement beam samples

Определение предела прочности при изгибе (цемент) – Determination of bending strength (cement)

Определение предела прочности при сжатии (цемент) – Determination of compressive strength (cement)

Объемно насыпная плотность (цемент) – Bulk density of cement

Определение группы цемента по эффективности пропаривания образцов балочек – Determination of the cement group by the efficiency of steaming samples of beams

Определение равномерности изменения объема цементного теста – Determination of the uniformity of the change in the volume of cement dough

Сухие смеси – Dry building mixtures

Средняя плотность растворной смеси – Mean density of the mortar mixture

Расслаиваемость растворной смеси – Delamination of the mortar mixture

Водоудерживающая способность растворной смеси – Water-holding capacity of the mortar mixture

Водоотделение (тонкодисперсные смеси) – Water separation (fine-dispersed mixture)

Зерновой состав – Grain composition

Прочность сцепления с основанием (адгезия) – Adhesion strength to the base

Определение содержания непогасившихся зерен (известь) – Determination of unhydrated grains (lime)

Определение степени дисперсности порошкообразной извести  – Determination of dispersion degree of pulverized lime

Начало схватывания – Initial setting time

Подвижность смеси – Mobility of the mixture

Плотность и прочность раствора на сжатие по образцам – Density and compressive strength of dried samples

Испытания сухих растворных смесей – Dry-Mixed mortar testing

Испытание вяжущих материалов – Testing of binding materials

Испытание цемента – Cement testing:

Cements are mineral binders, which are mainly used in the manufacture of building concrete and mortars. Mineral binders are divided into: air binders (air lime, gypsum, liquid glass, etc.), hydraulic binders (hydraulic lime, Portland cement, alumina, etc.) and autoclave hardening binders (lime-ash, lime-slag, etc.). The most common cements are Portland cement and its varieties.

Why testing is important for cement?

There are many cement suppliers in the construction market.  But even well-known brands are not a guarantee of quality. In our practice, there have been many cases when the data of quality certificates for pure clinker cement of the 500 d0 brand did not correspond to the actual test results. The reasons are very different – from unscrupulous suppliers (expired cement, poor-quality storage and transportation, “typos” in quality documents, etc.) to unscrupulous manufacturers (underburning of clinker, the presence of unacceptable impurities).

A partial solution to this problem is the purchase of cement directly from a proven well–known manufacturer. But not everyone can afford it, since cement plants, as a rule, sell large monthly volumes with mandatory pickup. In addition, interruptions with cement begin in the summer. The cement consumer, in order not to stop, for example, the production of concrete, is forced to “intercept” cement wherever possible, work “off the wheels”, unload cements from various plants into one jar, which is even worse. In this regard, systematic quality control of cement is necessary, especially relevant at enterprises producing their own products (concrete, mortar, dry mixes, etc.).

It is necessary to check each batch of cement (the batch number is indicated in the invoice or quality certificate), regardless of the type of transport (wagon turntable, cement truck). An accelerated method for determining the grade of cement by strength can be used. There are various methods of express assessment of the grade strength of cement, based both on determining the specific conductivity of a water-cement solution and on determining the reduction in the volume of a water-cement mixture occurring during hydration of the solution (devices of the vm-7.7 type contractometers), etc.

Dry building mixes are pre–prepared at the factory powdered mixtures for the production of mortars, mastics, adhesives, paints and other fine-grained composites. Various mineral binders (cement, gypsum, lime), chemical additives, fine mineral fillers and fibers used in conventional concretes and mortars can be used to prepare dry mixes. Currently, a wide range of dry mixtures used in the construction, reconstruction and repair of buildings and structures is being produced.

Dry mixes are used for masonry, plastering, tile work, flooring, leveling walls, ceilings. The properties of dry mixtures are characterized by indicators of the quality of dry mixtures (grain composition), ready-to-use mixtures (mobility density), and solidified solution (sample density).