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FINENESS OF CEMENT BY BLAINES AIR PERMEABILITY METHOD

Introduction: IS 4031 Part 2


Blaine’s air permeability apparatus consists essentially of a means of drawing a definite quantity of air through a
prepared bed of cement of definite porosity. The fineness is expressed as a total surface area in square centimeters
per gram.
Object :
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Apparatus :
Blaine air permeability apparatus
Balance
Timer

Procedure :
Determination of Bed Volume :
Apply a very thin film of light mineral oil to the cell interior. Place the perforated disc on the ledge in cell. Place two
new filter paper discs on the perforated disc.Fill the cell with mercury.
Level the mercury to the top of the cell with a glass plate.Remove the mercury from cell and weigh it, M1.
Remove the top filter paper from the permeability cell andcompress a trial quantity of 2.80 g of cement into the space
above filter paper to the gauge line in the cell. Place theother filter paper above the cement bed.Fill the remaining
space in the cell above the filter paper with mercury.
Level the mercury to the top of the cell with a glass plate and remove mercury from the cell and weigh it, M2.
Calculate the volume occupied by the cement bed in the cell from the following equation.
V = (M1-M2)/D Where D = Density of mercury (13.54 g/cm3)
Determination of Apparatus Constant :
Take an amount (W) of standard cement so as to give the cement bed of porosity e=0.500.i.e. W = (1-e)ρV
or W = 0.500ρV gram
Place the perforated disc on the ledge at the bottom of the cell and place on it a new filter paper disc.
Place the weighed quantity of standard cement, W, in the cell taking care to avoid loss.Tap the cell to level the cement.
Place a second new filter paper disc on the leveled cement.Compress the cement with the plunger until the plunger
collar is in contact with the top of the cell. Slowly withdraw the plunger a short distance, rotate 90 degree, repress the
cement bed, and then slowly withdraw.Attach the permeability cell to the manometer tube with an air tight connection
and slowly evacuate the air in the manometer U-tube until the liquid reaches the top mark, then tightly close the valve.
Start the timer when the bottom of the meniscus reaches next to the top mark and stop the timer when the bottom of
the meniscus reaches the bottom mark. Record the time t and temp. of test.
Repeat the whole procedure on two further samples of the same reference cement.
Calculate the average time of the three determinations then calculate the apparatus constant using the formula given
below : K= Ss / √t
Where,K=Apparatus constant , Ss=Specific surface of reference cement
t=Mean of three measured times.
Determination Of Fineness :
Repeat the steps as done in determination of apparatus constant, but this time using the cement whose
fineness is to be calculated.Calculate fineness of cement using following formula.
S = K √t cm²/gm

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