Cement Testing Week No 37
Cement Testing Week No 37
Four lanning Chakur-Loha section of NH-361 from km. 114+600 to 187+800 (Design length
73.345 Km) under Bharatmala Pariyojna on HAM in the state of maharashtra
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
Date of casting :19-9-2021 Dimension of cube : 70.6X70.6X70.6 Volume of cube: 352
Sample No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Date of testing 22/9/2021 26/9/2021 17/10/2021
Age in days 3 days 7 days 28 days
Weight (g) 838 841 848 842 851 856 861 852 870
Density (g/cc) 2.381 2.389 2.409 2.392 2.418 2.432 2.446 2.42 2.471
Surface area of loading (mm2) 4.984 4.984 4.984 4.984 4.984 4.984 4.984 4.984 4.984
Load (kN) 196 181 202 251 268 242 389 301 309
Strength (Mpa) 39.32 36.32 40.53 50.36 53.77 48.55 78.05 60.39 62
Average strength (Mpa) 38.72 N/mm2 50.89 N/mm2 66.81 N/mm2
INITIAL & FINAL SETTING TIME
OBSERVATION SHEET FOR INITIAL SETTING TIME FOR FINAL SETTING TIME
Time of Duration Pen. Of needle (toe point Time of Duration Point Mark of the
Trial No. Observation from bottom of the Vicat observation
(minutes) (minutes) needle occurred (Y/N)
taken Mould) taken
Remarks: Fineness : Not more than 10%, Initial setting time: Not Less than 30 min
Soundness: Not more than 10mm, Final setting time: Not more than 600min