Cement Testing

Our Cement testing facility is the newest development at Hallett Laboratory, part of our commitment to develop our capabilities for our clients requirements. This state of the art facility covers a wide range of cement testing with excellent turn around times.

PROCEDURE

TECHNIQUE

AS2350.1

Sampling of cement

AS2350.2.4

Chemical composition – XRF analysis

AS2350.2.5.5.2

Determination of loss on ignition – cement

AS2350.2.5.5.3

Determination of insoluble residue – cement

AS2350.3

Normal consistency

AS2350.4

Setting time

AS2350.5

Determination of soundness

AS2350.8

Fineness index by air permeability method

AS2350.9

Determination of residue on the 45 micrometre sieve

AS2350.11

Compressive strength of cement mortar

AS2350.12

Preparation of a standard mortar and moulding of specimens

AS2350.13

Determination of drying shrinkage of cement mortars

AS3583.1

Determination of fineness by the 45 micrometre sieve

AS3583.2

Determination of moisture content

AS3583.3

Determination of loss on ignition – supplementary cementitous materials

AS3583.5

Determination of relative density

AS3583.6

Determination of relative water requirement and relative strength

AS3583.8

Determination of sulfuric anhydride content

AS3583.13

Determination of chloride ion content

AS3583.14

Determination of insoluble residue content –
supplementary cementitious materials

HL7.2.005

Mineral composition of cement by XRD

HL7.2.004

Particle size distribution – Mastersizer

HL7.2.003

XRF