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To determine the amount of water required for normal consistensy

according to a specific procedure

EQUIMENT AND MATERIAL

2.1

EQUIPMENT
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
vi)

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OBJECTIVE
1.1

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Analytical balance
Measuring cylinder
Vicat set
Stop watch
Ladle
Vicat set Time Apparatus

2.2

MATERIAL

i) 2500g cement
(6 times tyring)

PROCEDURE
3.1) 400g of cement was deliberated and mixed while 120ml of water was infused
slowly.

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The cement was mixed using two ladle then the cement was putted in the
vicat mould.

3.3) The cement surface was flatten once using the ladle. The 10mm diameter of
plunger was degrading so that surface was touched before its free.

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3.4) The amount of penetration was measured. The penetration process was repeated
With the different water label which 125ml, 130ml, 135ml and so on until the
Consistent standard cement paste was yielded when the vicat plunger was
Penetrate at the 5mm from the base mould.
3.5) The graph of water against penetration plunger level from the base of mould
was plotted
3.6) Standard consistent was defined as the percentage of water which can yield the
cement paste with locality of plunger at 5mm from the vicat mould
3.7) The value of standard consistent , temperature and the air moisture while the
experiment
3.8) The factors that influence the exactly result was discussed

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