About Cement
Cement is an essential construction material for the creation of social capital. Nearly all cement is used as concrete, which is made by mixing cement with sand and water. Concrete is a vital material supporting modern human life. It is used in a wide range of applications and particularly construction of:
- Houses
- Office buildings and a number of other spaces for people
- Roads
- Railroads
- Airports
- Dams and more
Concrete has become the most wide spread building material and the second, after water in consumption, as it is a material with unique features:
- Easy and safe to use
- Forms in any shape
- With great compressive strength
- Highly durable
- Economic and in steady supply
Cement is a hydraulic binder, i.e. a finely ground inorganic material which, when mixed with water, forms a past which sets and hardens by means of hydration reactions processes and which, after hardening, retains its strength and stability even under water. Cement when appropriately batched and mixed with aggregate and water, be capable of producing concrete or mortar which retains its workability for a sufficient time and shall after defined periods attain specified strength levels and also possess long-term volume stability.
