Category: Building Materials
What are the advantages of cement over lime?
Ques:What are the advantages of cement over lime? Answer :Cement has more strength than lime . Setting time of cement is less than lime. It…
Ques: What are the various ingredients used in the manufacture of cement?
Ques: What are the various ingredients used in the manufacture of cement? Answer:Various ingredients are : lime 60-67% ,Silica 17-25%,Alumina 3-8%,Iron oxide 0.5-6%,Mangnesium oxide 0.1-4%,…
What tests are provided for standardising cement?
Ques:What tests are provided for standardising cement? Answer: The various tests performed are Fineness test, Consistency test, Initial and final setting time test, Soundness test…
What is Terracotta?
Ques:What is Terracotta? Answer:It is a structural clay product. It is similar to bricks and tiles.The only difference is that clay is burnt carefully under…
What is cement?
Ques:What is cement? Answer:Cement is a binding material used in the preparation of mortars.It is used in all types of constructions and is considered best…
What are stonewares?
Ques:What are stonewares? Answer:Stonewares are manufactured from refractory clay mixed with crushed pottery, powdered stone etc. by burning it at a very high temperature. these…
What are Refractory bricks?
Ques:What are Refractory bricks? Answer:These are the bricks which are manufactured from refractory clays and can resist high temperatures. These are also called as fire…
Give characteristics of good bricks? viva special
Ques:Give characteristics of good bricks? Answer:A good brick shall have following characteristics : It should be red in colour, have regular rectangular faces, free from…
Which are the continuous kilns?
Ques:Which are the continuous kilns? Answer: the kilns in which continuous burning of bricks is done is called continuous kilns such as Bull’s Trench kiln…
What types of kilns are used for burning of bricks?
Ques:What types of kilns are used for burning of bricks? Answer: There are two types of kilns i.e continuous kilns and intermittant kilns.