A cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result.
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Examples for "Portland cement "
Examples for "Portland cement "
1 The lining of Portland cement mortar was first laid on the lagging.
2 The Company offers Portland cement , lime and masonry cement packed in bags.
3 The feasibility of carbonation curing of ternary blend Portland cement - metakaolin - limestone was investigated.
4 First, he must buy Portland cement of the best quality.
5 It should be used in all good class work, where Portland cement is not desired.
1 At least a score of varieties of hydraulic cement are listed in the classifications of cement technologists.
2 The island of Santorin from whence the pozzolano is supplied for hydraulic cement , is only three days distant.
3 The component parts are therefore hydraulic cement , sand and the broken stone or other coarse material commonly designated as the aggregate.
4 To three parts of blast furnace slag are added one part of hydraulic cement and enough water to give the proper consistency.
5 It was upon this wheel that the foundations of the masonry were placed, the hydraulic cement of which joined the stones solidly together.
6 Upon this wheel rested the first layers of the masonry, the stones of which were bound together by hydraulic cement , with irresistible tenacity.
7 The locks are built similar to those on the new Lachine and Welland canals, of the very best cut stone masonry, laid in hydraulic cement .
8 Practical Treatise on Limes, Hydraulic Cements , and Mortars.
9 This outer covering dries as quickly as do our hydraulic cements ; and the nest is now almost as hard as a stone.
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