Uses of PPC:
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- Buildings, walls, roads and bridges
- Dams, power houses, tunnels, spillways and mass concreting
- Airports, runaways
Description
In this cement, fly ash is added up to 30%, and inter-grinded with 4% gypsum and 66% clinker to produce Portland Pozzolana Cement. This cement conforms to IS 1489(Part-I)/1991, having strength of 23, 33, and 43 mega-pascal in 3 day, 7 day and 28 day although the norms require minimum strength of 16, 22 and 33 mega-pascal respectively. High strength is achieved by the good quality of clinker and then the technique grinding.
