What is Portland Pozzolanic Cement?
Portland Pozzolana cement is manufactured by synthesising Ordinary Portland cement with a mixture of pozzolanic materials in uniform proportions. It is also known as PPC cement in short. In this blog, we’re going to discuss the applications, properties, and characteristics of PPC in detail. Pozzolana or Pozzolanic material Pozzolana is a type of volcanic powder that is found near Mount Vesuvius in Italy. Pozzolanic material can also be processed artificially, with silica and alumina as the constituent particles. Naturally, this material does not contain any cement related properties. But when mixed with water, lime and calcium hydroxide, it reacts to form a compound that is cementitious. Artificial Pozzolana Contains silica fume, rice husk, blast furnace slag, fly ash. Natural Pozzolana Contains diatomaceous earth, pumice, burnt clay. How does the manufacturing of PPC take place? The raw materials used here diffe...