Laboratory report #4

Normal Consistency of Hydraulic

Portland Cement
Setting time of hydraulic Cement Paste
Group 3
Mr. Kittipon Suwanwattana 5810751676
Ms. Ketkan Phongampornsakun 5810755875
Mr. Kritsakorn Surahirun 5810755941
Ms. Thananya jaroensuk 5810756105
Present
Assoc. professor Burachat Chatveera
This report is part of Construction
Material Testing course (CE232)
1st

semester 2016

Twinning English Program of

Engineering (TEP)
Thammasat English
Program of Engineering (TEPE)
Thammasat University

Introduction
- Normal consistency of hydraulic Portland
cement
This test method covers the determination of the normal
consistency of hydraulic cement. Amount of water is then
used in making the cement paste for the other cement
acceptance quality tests. This test is used to find out
the percentage of amount of water at which the
standard consistency is achieved. Consistency is the
thickness or the viscosity of the cement paste.

Apparatus
- VICAT Apparatus

- Glass graduates (200mL or 250mL capacity)

- Balance with 1000g in weighing capacity and 1g in
reciprocal sensibility
- Trowel
Objective
To determine the normal
consistency of hydraulic
Portland cement with Vicat
apparatus

Data and Result

- Type of cement : Portland cement type 3
N
o.

Weight of
Cemant (g)

1
2
3
4

650
650
650
650

Quantity of Penetration of Vicat

Water
Rod (mm)
(%)
(g)
20
130
3
26
169
6
28
182
16
26.4 171.
10
6

The normal consistency of this cement is 171.6g

Graph
18
16
14
12
10

water

8
6
4
2
0
120

130

140

150

160

170

Penetration of Vicat rod (mm)

From graph the normal consistency is g

Introduction

180

190

- Setting time of hydraulic cement paste

These test methods covers the determination of

the time of setting of hydraulic-cement paste and
determine the time of setting of hydraulic cement by
means of the Vicat needle. The knowledge of the
setting time of the cement is always helpful in
deciding the time duration to mix, transport, place
and compact the concrete effectively. We always
prefer a larger initial setting time so that we can mix,
transport and place the concrete easily. According to
ASTM specifications, the initial setting time shall not
be less than 45 min

Objective
To determine the initial and final setting time of
hydraulic Portland cement with Vicat apparatus
Apparatus
- VICAT Apparatus

- Glass graduates (200mL or 250mL capacity)

1000g
in
- Trowel

Balance with
in weighing
capacity and 1g
reciprocal
sensibility

Data and Result

- Type of cement: type1
- Normal consistency: 171.6g
- Ambient temperature: 27
- Relative humidity:

- Testing apparatus:
Elapse time after water
is added (min)
15.12
16.17
16.32
16.47
17.10
17.27
17.42
17.45
17.50
17.53

45
50
65
80
95
105
108
113
116
119

Penetratio
n in 30 sec
(mm)
46
42.5
41
36.5
31
30
26
26
25.5
25

Initial setting time = 2hr 41 min = 161 min

Final setting time = 206 min

Graph
50
45
40
35
30

Penetration

25
20
15
10
5
0
40

50

60

70

80

90

Total time after mixing

100

110

120