OBJECT TO CHECK PROPER GRINDING OF CEMENT BY MEASURING FINENESS BY
DRY SIEVING
IMPORTANCE During manufacturing,
cement
must
be ground to be uniformly fine
OF TEST otherwise concrete needs large amount of water for mixing which results in bleeding as well
as poor workmanship.
APPARATUS • Test sieve of non-corrodible metal having 150 mm to 200 mm
diam, and 40 mm to 100 mm depth fitted
with 90
ยตm mesh sieve
cloth of
woven stainless steel or other abrasion resistant non-
corrodible wires.
• Suitable tray with lid to fit sieve size.
• Stoppered jar with blunt ended stirrer rod
• Weighing balance to weigh upto 10 gms to nearest 10 mg.
• Nylon or pure bristle brush (25 mm / 40 mm bristles) for cleaning
sieves.
PROCEDURE Determination of cement
residue :
• Agitate the cement sample
by
shaking
for
2
minutes in
a
stoppered jar
to
disperse the agglomerates. Wait for few minutes.
• Stir the resulting powder gently with dry rod to distribute the fines throughout
the
sample.
• Weigh approx.
10
gm of
cement
and
put
in sieve fitted
with bottom tray and top lid.
• Agitate and shake the sieve thoroughly
• Weigh the residue – retained on sieve.
• Clean
base of sieve gently by brush to remove fine material.
• Find out % (R1) of residue in comparison with total weight of sample.
• Repeat the procedure at least twice till results do not differ by more than 1%.
