15 Different Types of Cement and Their Uses

1. Hydraulic Cement:

• Heavy construction places.
• Bridges and culverts.
• Walls, floor, stairways.
• Footing and foundations.
• An abutment wall.
• In retaining wall, seal wall.
• Tower substructure construction.
• Sewer construction.
• Monolithic concrete houses and concrete block houses.
• Dam construction.
• Water pipe, reservoir, and electric duct construction.
• Irrigation ditch, filter construction.
• Road foundation, road paving, sidewalks, and tunnel construction.
• Railroad and rail sleeper construction.
• Post, milestone, and electric pole construction.
• Foundation, columns, and pillars.
• Prison cells and chimneys.
• Foundation repair, basement crack, and leak repair.

2. Non-Hydraulic Cement:

• Used for brickwork, cement work and stonework.
• It does not use underwater because the reaction is very slow; that’s why it’s only used on the upper surface of the water.

3. Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC):

• The main use of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) is in masonry work.
• The another important use of ordinary Portland cement is in construction site.

4. Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC):

• Portland pozzolana cement is used in prestressed and posts tensioning structural material.
• The main uses of Portland pozzolana cement are marine construction, hydraulic structures, dam construction, seashore construction, etc.
• It is also used to construct precast sewer pipes.
• PPC cement gives a neat and smooth finish, so it’s decorative and attractive.

5. Rapid Hardening Cement:

• The use of Rapid Hardening cement is in Road pavement construction, where you need to finish your work as soon as possible.
• The another main factor of using rapid hardening cement is its high strength.

6. Quick Setting Cement:

• Quick hardening cement is good to use in rainy and cold water condition.
• Quick hardening cement is mainly used in underwater condition.
• Quick hardening cement is used in higher temperature condition, where water evaporates easily.
• This type of cement is mainly used in rock ball mining and tunnelling.

7. Low Heat Cement:

• Low heat cement is that type of cement which is used in the footing in dam construction, wind turbine plinth construction, raft slab construction, etc.
• Low heat cement is also used in chemical plant construction.

8. Sulphate Resisting Cement:

• This type of cement is used in building piers, building near the seacoast, concrete surface in the tidal zone, etc.
• Sulphate resisting cement is used in effluent treatment plants, chimneys, chemical plants, water storage, cooling tower, drainage works, etc.

9. Blast Furnace Cement:

• Blast furnace cement is a high sulphate resisting material and mainly used in seawater construction.

10. High Alumina Cement:

• High alumina cement is mainly used in workshops and foundries.
• This type is cement is good to resist acid and frost reaction.

11. White Cement:

• White cement is mainly used for decorative purpose.
• The other uses of white cement are swimming pools, traffic boundaries, roof tile setting material, tile grouts, etc.

12. Coloured Cement:

• Coloured cement is that type of cement that is used in different types of decorative purposes.

13. Air Entraining Cement:

• Air entraining cement is mainly used in the low-temperature region, and it’s also good to resist sulphate attacks.
• This type of cement is used for the chemical de-icing purpose.

14. Expansive Cement:

• K type expensive cement
• M type expensive cement
• S type expensive cement

• This type of cement is mainly used in prestressed concrete construction.
• Expansive cement is also used in sealing joints and other grouting purposes.

15. Hydrophobic Cement:

• Hydrophobic cement is mainly used in submerged structures like dams, spillways, etc.
• This type of cement is also used in underground tunnels.