Check the Quality of Cement in the Site

It is not easy to check all properties of cement on the site but there exist some preliminary field tests which can give us a rough idea about the quality of cement.

Below tests mentioned are simple tests which you can perform easily on site to find out the quality of cement with no apparatus.

1. Date of Packing (MFG Date)
2. Colour of Cement
3. Check for lumps
4. Rubbing Test
5. Float test of cement
6. Hand insertion
7. Shape test of cement
8. Strength test
9. Specific Gravity of cement