IIT BHU Varanasi Syllabus
Ceramic Cement Technology
Cement Technology
Origin and development of cement and cementitious materials, raw materials and their classification, selection of
raw materials, crushing of lime stone and other calcarious materials, proportioning of raw materials, grinding of raw
materials and preparation of raw meal, blending & benefications of raw materials. Burning of raw mix, reactions
occurring in cement making at different temperature. Pre heater and pre calcinators in cement industry, heat
recovery devices and waste heat utilization. Firing system and kiln residence time, working of rotary kiln and
clinkering reactions, clinker coolers. Gypsum, clinker and their storage, cement grinding mills, cement storage and
silos, conveying, packing and dispatch of cement, cement packing machines. Dust and dust collection in cement
industries. Different classes of building lime and their properties.
Plaster of paris, its properties and uses, manufacture of plaster of paris, setting and hardening of plaster of paris,
Keens cement and parian cement. Testing
of cement.