Initial Setting Time an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Initial and final setting times of cement, which are determined using the Vicat needle test, are used as a quality control measure for cement characterisation (EN196, 1995) and specified as a requirement in related standards (EN197, 2011; ASTM C150, 2015).A comparison between the initial and the final setting time of cements manufactured with and without CS (Alp et al., 2008; Supekar, 2007