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Grout Plastering Pointing GROUT It is a cement mortar of fluid consistency. For repairs of cracks or fissures it is injected under pressure into the cracks. It also may be injected in the soil so as to increase its bearing Continue reading Grout Plastering Pointing
Mortar types and uses MORTAR Mortar may be defined as a paste formed by mixing binding material, fine aggregate and water in specific proportions. This paste hardens on drying and binds the bricks, stones or concrete blocks together. USES OF Continue reading Mortar types and uses
Lime The word “lime” refers to products derived from heating limestone. It originates with its earliest use as building mortar and has the sense of “sticking or adhering“ The rocks and minerals from which these materials are derived, typically limestone or chalk, Continue reading Lime (definition, production, uses)
Impurities in Limestone Following are some of the impurities in limestone Magnesium Carbonate. Limestones contain magnesium carbonate in varying proportions. Presence of this constituent allows the lime to slake and set slowly, but imparts high strength. Further, the production of heat and expansion Continue reading Impurities in Limestone