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About 1.6 billion metric tons of cement is sold each year. Because of its many favorable qualities, builders worldwide use our cement for almost every kind of construction project.
Cement's many qualities —strength, durability, and flexibility, among others— make it the world's most popular building material.
Cement is because, when mixed with water, it chemically reacts until it hardens. Cement is capable of hardening in dry and humid conditions, and even under water.
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Cement is remarkably : when it comes into contact with water and aggregates, such as sand and gravel, cement is capable of taking on any three-dimensional shape.
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Cement —and the concrete made from it— is as as rock. Despite climate conditions, cement holds the shape and volume, and its durability increases with the passage of time.
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Cement is such an effective that, once it sets, it is virtually impossible to break its bond to materials such as brick, steel, gravel, and rock.
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Buildings made with cement products are more when the proportion of cement is greater than that of aggregate materials.
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Cement can provide excellent when the thickness of floors, walls, and concrete roofs is properly calculated.
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