The first compound which reacts with water when mixed with cement is tricalcium aluminate.

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• The tricalcium aluminate in cement has the property of
• Tricalcium silicate develops strength in cement for first 7 days.
• The presence of tricalcium silicate in cement
• The sum of the percentage of tricalcium silicate and dicalcium silicate for Portland cement varies from
• High percentage of tricalcium silicate and low percentage of dicalcium silicate in cement results in
• The separation of water or water-cement mixture from the freshly mixed concrete is known as bleeding.
• If 50 kg of fine aggregates and 100 kg of coarse aggregates are mixed in a concrete whose water-cement ratio is 0.6, the weight of water required for harsh mix is
• To perform the soundness test, the water is added to the cement at the rate of 0.72 P by weight of cement, where P is the percentage of water required for normal consistency paste.
• First 7 days strength in cement is due to….. Bogue compound.
• The strength of cement concrete increases with the increase of water cement ratio.