Description
Brick Making Compound (BMC) is a mixture of unreacted ilmenite sand and lime. It can be used as a complete or partial substitute of sand. It gives good binding and adhesive properties in mortar.
Application
BMC is specially designed for making brick, interlock tiles and other construction materials.
Chemical name
Nil
CHARACTERISTICS / CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Characteristics | Requirement | Typical result |
Moisture% | 5-10 | 6.4 |
TiO2% | 50-55 | 52.0 |
pH | 7-9 | 9.0 |
Silica % | 8-10 | 10 |
Ca(OH)2 % | 4-5 | 4 |
Fe2O3 % | 10-12 | 10 |