Hydrophobic Cement

Hydrophobic cement is obtained by grinding ordinary Portland cement clinker

with water repellant film-forming substance such as oleic acid, and stearic acid
.
The water-repellant film formed around each grain of cement, reduces the rat
e of deterioration of the cement during long storage, transport, or under unfavo
urable conditions.
The film is broken out when the cement and aggregate are mixed together at t
he mixer exposing the cement particles for normal hydration. The film forming wa
ter-repellant material will entrain certain amount of air in the body of the con
crete which incidentally will improve the workability of concrete.
Some places get plenty of rainfall in the rainy season and have high humidit
y in other seasons.The transportation and storage of cement in such places cause
deterioration in the quality of cement. In such far off places with poor commun
ication system, cement perforce requires to be stored for long time.
Ordinary cement gets deteriorated and loses some if its strength, whereas th
e hydrophobic cement which does not lose strength is an answer for such situatio
ns.
The properties of hydrophobic cement is nearly the same as that ordinary Por
tland
cement except that it entrains a small quantity of air bubbles. The hydropho
bic cement is made actually from ordinary Portland cement clinker. After grindin
g, the cement particle is sprayed in one direction and film forming materials su
ch as oleic acid, or stearic acid, or pentachlorophenol, or calcium oleate are s
prayed from another direction such that every particle of cement is coated with
a very fine film of this water repellant material which protects them from the b
ad effect of moisture during storage and transporation. The cost of this cement
is nominally higher than ordinary Portland cement