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Cement and Portland stone

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Difference between Cement and Portland stone

Cement vs. Portland stone

A cement is a binder, a substance used for construction that sets, hardens and adheres to other materials, binding them together. Portland stone is a limestone from the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset.

Similarities between Cement and Portland stone

Cement and Portland stone have 11 things in common (in Unionpedia): Ancient Rome, Binder (material), Calcium carbonate, Carbon dioxide, Clay, Isle of Portland, Joseph Aspdin, Limestone, Portland cement, Quarry, Roman cement.

Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

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Binder (material)

A binder or binding agent is any material or substance that holds or draws other materials together to form a cohesive whole mechanically, chemically, by adhesion or cohesion.

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Calcium carbonate

Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the formula CaCO3.

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Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide (chemical formula) is a colorless gas with a density about 60% higher than that of dry air.

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Clay

Clay is a finely-grained natural rock or soil material that combines one or more clay minerals with possible traces of quartz (SiO2), metal oxides (Al2O3, MgO etc.) and organic matter.

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Isle of Portland

The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel.

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Joseph Aspdin

Joseph Aspdin (December 1778 – 20 March 1855) was an English cement manufacturer who obtained the patent for Portland cement on 21 October 1824.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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Portland cement

Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world as a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco, and non-specialty grout.

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Quarry

A quarry is a place from which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate has been excavated from the ground.

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Roman cement

Roman cement is a substance developed by James Parker in the 1780s, being patented in 1796.

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Cement and Portland stone Comparison

Cement has 166 relations, while Portland stone has 130. As they have in common 11, the Jaccard index is 3.72% = 11 / (166 + 130).

References

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