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Masonry Cement vs. Mortar Cement

Philip.screw

Structural
Jan 4, 2024
1
US
A discussion came up about whether we should be prohibiting masonry cement in our specs. Specifically, we prohibit masonry cement (ASTM C-91/91M) but allow using mortar cement (ASTM C-1329/1329M). Are the differences between the two significant enough to prohibit masonry cement? Is there a case where masonry cement can be used interchangeably?

jike has a great thread discussing this here https://www.eng-tips.com/threads/masonry-cement.235479/

This post is close to 15 years old, and some of our engineers want to know if prohibiting masonry cement is still valid / common.
 

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