Research Article

Prediction of Skid Resistance Value of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Tiling Materials

Table 2

The chemical and physical properties of CEM I 52.5 R cement.

Chemical properties (%)Physical and mechanical properties

SiO221.6Specific weight3.06
Al2O34.05Specific surface (cm2/g)4600
Fe2O30.26Whiteness (%)85.5
CaO65.7Initial setting (min)100
MgO1.30Final setting (min)s130
Na2O0.30Water used for consistency (%)30
K2O0.35Volume constancy (mm)1.0
SO33.30Remnants obtained using 0.045 sieve (%)1.0
Free CaO1.60Remnants obtained using 0.090 sieve (%)0.1
Chloride (Cl)0.01Compressive strength for 2 days (MPa)37.0
Insoluble0.18Compressive strength for 7 days (MPa)50.0
Loss on ignition3.20Compressive strength for 28 days (MPa)60.0