Analysis of Chemical Composition of Portland Cement in Ghana: A Key to Understand the Behavior of Cement
Joint Authors
Bediako, Mark
Amankwah, Eric Opoku
Source
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-12-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Abstract EN
The performance of Portland cement in concrete or mortar formation is very well influenced by chemical compositions among other factors.
Many engineers usually have little information on the chemical compositions of cement in making decisions for the choice of commercially available Portland cement in Ghana.
This work analyzed five different brands of Portland cement in Ghana, namely, Ghacem ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and Portland limestone cement (PLC), CSIR-BRRI Pozzomix, Dangote OPC, and Diamond PLC.
The chemical compositions were analyzed with X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer.
Student’s t-test was used to test the significance of the variation in chemical composition between standard literature values and each of the commercial cement brands.
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was also used to establish the extent of variations between chemical compositions and brand name of the all commercial Portland cement brands.
Student’s t-test results showed that there were no significant differences between standard chemical composition values and that of commercial Portland cement.
The ANOVA results also indicated that each brand of commercial Portland cement varies in terms of chemical composition; however, the specific brands of cement had no significant differences.
The study recommended that using any brand of cement in Ghana was good for any construction works be it concrete or mortar formation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bediako, Mark& Amankwah, Eric Opoku. 2015. Analysis of Chemical Composition of Portland Cement in Ghana: A Key to Understand the Behavior of Cement. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1053234
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bediako, Mark& Amankwah, Eric Opoku. Analysis of Chemical Composition of Portland Cement in Ghana: A Key to Understand the Behavior of Cement. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1053234
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bediako, Mark& Amankwah, Eric Opoku. Analysis of Chemical Composition of Portland Cement in Ghana: A Key to Understand the Behavior of Cement. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1053234
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1053234