Optimizing cement strength

One of the most critical and important performance-based evaluations of any cement type is its strength development characteristic. Cement strength is maintained, controlled and optimized on the basis of the type of cement produced, strength grade, national/international product standards requirements, application/customer demand and market competitiveness. It is probably the one component which is given highest priority during cement manufacturing (plant), also given highest publicity in the advertisements (marketing) and also given the highest importance by the end user (customer/consumer). It may be noted that the flexural strength of cement is less than the compressive strength; routinely, it is within 12-20% of the compressive strength of cement. The strength of cement can be optimized and improved by optimization of the process and quality parameters maintained during the cement manufacturing process and by careful selection of the input materials.