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Lime Pozzolana cement mortars

by Raghu.T Faculty of DSCE

Introduction
Nearly half the cement in a building is used for low

strength applications like plasters & mortars where strength requirements is often as low as 3Mpa.

Contact b/w brick & mortar & the bonding of brick &

mortar are very much improved by the addition of lime.

Raw Materials for lime pozzolana cements

The basic raw materials for lime pozzolana cement

are :

Lime stone & Pozzolana materials

Lime stone
It is one of the basic raw material for all lime

mortars.
Lime stone is essentially calcium carbonate in

nature.
Lime stones are available in 3 forms:
1.
2. 3.

Natural lime stone Kankar Lime stone Shell lime

Natural lime stone: it is one of the pure form of calcium

carbonate occurring in nature.


Kankar lime stone:Calcium carbonate is mildly soluble

in water & can be leached out by water & ultimately


deposited with clay as an impurity in the form of Kankar lime stone.
Shell lime : An organic source of lime stone in the form of

shell lime which is usually available in Coastal areas.

Bureau of Indian standards for Lime use in buildings


The lime used for building activities should satisfy the guide line drawn by BIS.
IS:712-1973: Specification for building limes.

IS:1514-1959: Methods of sampling & test for quick

lime & hydrated lime.


IS:6932-1973: Method of tests for building limes.

Types of mortars using lime


Two types of mortars can be prepared by using lime they are:

MORTAR
Lime mortar
Fat lime mortar Hydraulic lime mortar

Lime pozzolana mortar

Fat lime mortar


when lime stone is of high level of purity the

resulting lime is fat lime.


This type of mortar is obtained by mixing pure lime

with sand.
This type of mortar does not need any moisture for

setting, it sets by absorbing CO2 from the


atmosphere.

Hydraulic lime mortar


When the lime stone has clay like impurities, the burning process leads

to hydraulic lime, which is actually mixture of Calcium oxide & burnt


clay.
Mixture of hydraulic lime + sand gives hydraulic lime mortar.

This type of lime sets in the presence of moisture & the Calcium hydra-

oxide reacts with the amorphous silica & alumina present in burnt clay.
This type of mortar has to be cured by keeping it moist for at least 28

days.
Hydraulic lime mortars have

better strength than fat lime mortars.

The chemical reactions in the process of lime stone for mortar


The following chemical reactions take place in the processing of lime stone for mortar are: 1.Burning of lime stone Caco3 Cao + Co2 2. Slaking of quick lime Cao + H2o Ca(OH)2 + Heat 3. Setting of fat lime Ca(OH)2 + Co2 Caco3 + H2O

Pozzolana
Its a material, which is consists of amorphous silica and

alumina.
Its not a cementitious by it self , but forms cementitious

compounds when it combines with Calcium hydroxide at


ambient temperature in the presence of moisture.
A mixture of finely ground calcium hydroxide and

pozzolana is hence known as a lime-pozzolana cement.

Commonly used pozzolanas


The following sources of pozzolana are commonly used : 1. Powdered burnt clay. 2. Fly ash 3. Rice Husk ash. 4. GGBS.

Powdered burnt clay can be made either by artificially

burning clay in a kiln or selecting wastes by burnt clay


materials like bricks, tiles etc,
Fly ash as pozzolana is usually obtained from thermal

power stations which are pulverized coal as the fuel.


Rice husk ash is a natural source of silica. Normally rice

husk contains about % silica & the rest of it is


combustible materials.

Manufacturing process
An intimate mixture of lime & pozzolana will set in the

presence of water, forming calcium silicate & calcium


aluminate compounds.
In the traditional method lime-surkhi mortar, slaked

lime & brick powder used to be mixed & ground in the presence of moisture in bullock driven mortar mills. The

ground

moist

mixture

is

then

directly

used

in

construction.

Unlike portland cement, which is already a complete cementitious

product, lime pozzolana cement needs an additional step of mixing


lime & pozzolana.
The effeciency of lime pozzolana cements depends on the period of

mixing of lime & pozzolana.


According to the studies made at Karnataka Engineering Research

Station , K.R. Sagar Dam site, it was found that the mortar strength reaches a maximum when the duration of grinding is 35 min.
Grinding for longer or shorter durations leads to lower strengths

Two alternative techniques for the processing of lime pozzolana cement by the Department of Civil Engineering, IISc. They are:

a. Dry blending of lime & pozzolana


b. Wet blending of lime & pozzolana

Dry Blending of lime and pozzolana


In this method, the slaked lime & pozzolana should be separately

processed as dry powdered.


The pozzolana may be dry ground to fineness of 90 . The two powders may now be blended in a ball mill for a

duration of about 1 hr.


In this method, the size reduction of lime & pozzolana is carried

out first & mixing the two is carried out subsequently.

This procedure also means that the dry mixture of lime &

pozzolana may have to be stored in bags.


The blended dry mixture of lime & pozzolana should not be

stored for more than 14 days if strength reduction is to be less than 10%.
Mix stored in gunny bags leads to the reduction of strength to

60% for 45 days & 35 % for the storage in impervios plastics.

Wet blending of lime and pozzolana


In this method, the pozzolana has to be produced & ground to 90

fineness & stored in gunny bags.


The pozzolana can be stored indefinetely. Slaked lime may be freshly produced by slaking quick lime at site.

The slaked lime & well ground pozzolana may now be mixed in a

sample drum or hand operated concrete mixer in the presence of water.


After blending the two for about 20min, the lime-pozzolana slurry

may be poured over sand & mixed thoroughly to get the limepozzolana mortar.

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