1. Cement characteristics

1.1 Common cements

The standard NF EN 197-1 April 2012 covers the most common cements. Other standards exist either for particular properties (sea setting, resistance to sulfated water, etc.), or for cements with entirely specific standards: fused alumina cement, natural prompt cement.

The standard NF EN 197-1 is subdivided into three sections:

1. a descriptive section defining cement constituents and delimiting the different types of cement;

2. a section setting out resistance classes and mechanical and physical-chemical specifications;...