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Comprehensive note on
Chemistry of setting and hardening
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Answer 1

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Setting is defined as stiffening of the original plastic mass due to initial gel formation. Hardening is development of strength, due to crystallization.

Due to the gradual progress of crystallization in the interior mass of cement, hardening starts after setting. The strength developed by cement paste at any time depends upon the amount of gel formed and the extent of crystallization. The setting and hardening of cement is due to the formation of inter locking crystals reinforced by rigid gels formed by the hydration and hydrolysis of the constitutional compounds.

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