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Saturday, January 16, 2021 4:11 PM

Given the following oxide composition of three types of cement.

1) Calculate the main mineral composition for each cement and indicate its type.
2) Calculate the lime saturation factor for each cement.
3) Calculate the cumulative heat of hydration for each cement.

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Saturday, January 16, 2021 4:23 PM

1) The mass of an empty beaker is 1 kg. The mass of the beaker filled with water is 6 kg. The mass of
the beaker filled with a cement is 16 kg. What is the density of this cement?
2) If the void content is 4.6%, what is specific gravity of this cement?
3) If the alkalis Na2O and K2O in a cements are 0.5% and 0.1%, respectively, is there a risk of ASR
and/or ACR?

1) A cement sample is subjected to Le Chatelier test to evaluate its soundness. The

sample length before and after immersion was 16.0 and 16.8 cm, respectively. Is this
cement sound or unsound? If the sample had the same dimensions in the autoclave
test, is it sound or unsound?

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Saturday, January 16, 2021 4:27 PM

1) If a Type IV cement had a compressive strength of 10 MPa at 7 days, what is the expected strength
at 28 days? At 90 days?
2) An ASTM standard cement cube is tested for compressive strength. The maximum load is 50 kN.
What is the compressive strength?
3) A cement has a compressive strength of 40 MPa. If it is left in storage for 12 months, what is the
expected average strength?

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