CEMENT STANDARD 1.Vietnam standard (TCVN) - Quality of Cement as per TCVN 6260 - 2009 2. European standards (EN) - Certificate I -EN 197-1.2000- CEM II 42,5 R - Certificate II - En 197-1.2000 CEM II 42,5N - Certificate III - EN 197-1.2000 CEM I 42,5 3. American standards (ASTM - ASTM C150 TYPE-1 - ASTM C1157 TYPE- GU - ASTM C1157 TYPE- HE SPECIFICATIONS FOR ORIDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT AS PER EN 197-1:2011/CEM I 42.5 Items CHARACTERISTICS Units SPECIFICATION LIMIT TEST RESULT TEST METHODS 1 SiO2 % ≤ 26.00 23.41 EN 196-2 2 Al2O3 % ≤ 6.50 5.5 3 Fe2O3 % ≤ 4.50 3.6 4 CaO % ≥ 54.00 57 5 MgO % ≤ 5.00 2.75 6 SO3 % ≤ 3.5 2.56 7 Loss on Ignition, (LOI) % ≤ 10.00 7.00 8 Insoluble Residue % ≤ 12.00 6.00 Physical and Mechanical Properties * Finess test 1 Blaine cm2/g ≥ 3200 3800 EN 196-6 2 Retained content on sieve 75mm % < 15.0 0.1 * Time of setting 1 Initial set Minutes ≥ 75 145 EN 196-3 2 Final set Minutes < 420 200 3 Soundness (LeChatelier) mm < 10.0 1.0 EN 196-3 * Compressive strength 1 2 Days MPa ≥ 20.0 23.0 EN 196-1 2 3 Days MPa 27.0 3 7 Days MPa 37.0 4 28 Days MPa ≥ 42.5 50.0