Civil Engineering - Concrete Technology - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Concrete Technology - Section 4 (Q.No. 16)
16.
Ordinary Portland cement is manufactured from
lime stone and clay
gypsum and lime
pozzolana
lime, pozzolana and clay.
Answer: Option
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Discussion:
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Darshit said:   9 years ago
Yes, A is the correct answer.

SK ABDUL SURAJ said:   9 years ago
It should be A.

Because 1/3 of argillaceous material as clay & shals and 2/3 of calcareous material as limestone, chalk, marl.

Nuthan said:   9 years ago
Yes, the Option A is the correct answer.

Baloch said:   9 years ago
I think A is correct, OPC contains mainly calcareous and alumina.

Kalaiyarasan said:   9 years ago
Option A is the correct answer.

Lucky said:   10 years ago
Option A is correct.

As limestone as calcareous material while clay as argillaceous material used for manufacturing OPC.

Vivek said:   1 decade ago
Option B may be correct but one should also bear in the mind that for ordinary cement concrete there are two important ingredients

1) argillaceous.

2) calcareous.


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