CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY

EXPERIMENT NO: - 1 DATE: -

TITLE: - Determination of Fineness of cement.

OBJECTIVE: -

A. To develop ability to his discriminate between cement with or without proper

fineness as per IS:4031(P-1)

B. To develop ability to perform fineness test on cement for that,

• To develop ability as proper seiving on cement as per procedure.
• To develop ability of proper weighing of residue.

APPRATUS & EQUIPMENTS: -

• IS:90 micron sieve - with receiving pan & covering lid. It comprises a firm,
durable, non-corrodible, cylindrical frame of 150 mm to 200 mm nominal
diameter and 40 mm to 100 mm depth, fitted with 90 pm mesh sieve cloth of
woven stainless steel, or other abrasion-resisting and non-corrodible metal wire.

• Weighing balance accurate up to 0.1gm.

• Brush-A nylon or pure bristle brush, preferably with 25 to 40 mm bristle, for

cleaning the sieve.

• Tray & Trowel

MATERIAL: -RESIDUE

• Cement Sample

IS SPECIFICATION FOR FINENESS OF CEMENT:-

As per IS:12269 the residue of cement sample on the 90µm IS sieve after sieving, it
should not exceed following percentage by weight for different types of cement.

I) Ordinary Portland cement = 10%

II) Rapid hardening cement = 5%
III) Low heat cement = 5%
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PROCEDURE (AS PER IS: 4031-P-I):-

a) Weight accurately 100gm of cement ( Wc ) & place it on a 90 µ IS sieve. Break

down any air lumps in a sample with fingers without rubbing them on sieve.
b) place it on the sieve, being careful to avoid loss. Disperse any agglomerates. Fit
the lid over the sieve.
c) Continuously sieve sample by holding the sieve in both hand & Giving wrist
motion until no more fine material passes through it.
d) Weight the residue left on the sieve after sieving as (W1).
e) Repeat the procedure for second sample. When the results differ by more than 1
percent absolute, carry out a third sieving and calculate the mean of the three
values.

REQUIREMENTS:-
As per IS:12269-1987 the Portland cement satisfies the following requirement.

I] For ordinary portland cement reduce by weight through 90µ IS sieve should
not exceed 10% by weight.
II] For rapid hardening Portland cement the residue by weight should not
exceed 5%.

OBSERVATION & CALCULATIONS: -

Sample No. I II III

Weight of cement (Wc)gm

Weight of cement retained on

sieve after sieving (W1)gm
%Wt. Retained on sieve
W1/ Wc x 100 (%)

Average Fineness

RESULT: -

The average fineness of cement for given sample is found to be …………%

CANCLUSIONS: -
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The fineness of given cement sample is within/above the limit specified by IS.