What is 1440 mean in cement calculation and why it is taken?

Dnyan Deshmukh

Staff member
Dry density of the cement is around 1440 Kg per cum.

Density do vary depending on the type of cement and addition of performance enhancer like flyash or ggbs etc.

The density is useful to calculate the volume of storage silo and its capacity. there may be some usage of it in rate analysis activity.