EPD: Portland-limestone cement, Type IL (Heidelberg Materials, Mitchell plant)
This EPD reports environmental transparency information for five cement products, produced by Heidelberg Materials at its Mitchell, IN facility. These cements are hydraulic binders and are manufactured by grinding cement clinker and other main or minor constituents into a finely ground, usually grey colored mineral powder. Cement is just one ingredient in the mixture that creates concrete, but it is the most chemically active ingredient and crucial to the quality of the final product. When mixed with water, cement acts as a glue to bind together the sand, gravel or crushed stone to form concrete, one of the most durable, resilient and widely used construction materials in the world. Our Type IL is branded as EcoCemPLCTM and was developed to be more environmentally friendly by reducing its carbon footprint (reduction measured through GWP). This product is a general use product for concrete and mortar as well as all the other various applications for cement, including engineered soils and solidification/stabilization of materials and wastes. Masonry cements are separate ingredients used in mortar mixes, each for specific purposes. When mixed with water, these cements act as a glue to bind together sand to form mortar used in concrete masonry unit and brick veneer construction techniques. Each of these Masonry cements are branded as BrixmentTM.
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