Wholesale Portland Cement

If you are looking for high quality wholesale portland cement then you have come to the right place! Global Wholesale Supply has an extensive network of wholesale portland cement manufacturers that comply with the ISO 9001 International Standards which makes Global Wholesale Supply's wholesale portland cement some of the most reliable and competitively priced portland cement on the market.

Some of our most popular wholesale portland cement products are:

• Type 1 Portland cement
  This is the most common Portland Cement. Type 1 is a general use cement.
• Type 2 Portland cement
  Is used for structures in water or soil containing moderate amounts of sulfate, or when heat build-up is a concern.
• Type 3 Portland cement
  Has high early strength. Used when high strength are needed at very early periods.

Interesting Facts About Wholesale Portland cement:

Wholesale portland cement is the most common type of cement in general usage, as it is a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar and plaster. It consists of a mixture of oxides of calcium, silicon and aluminium. Wholesale portland cement and similar materials are made by heating limestone (as source of calcium) with clay or sand (as source of silicon) and grinding the product (clinker), with a source of sulfate (most commonly gypsum). The resulting powder, when mixed with water, will become a hydrated solid over time.

Wholesale portland cement was first manufactured in Britain in the early part of the 19th century, and its name is derived from its similarity to Portland stone, a type of building stone that was quarried on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. The patent for Portland cement was issued to Joseph Aspdin, a British bricklayer, in 1824.

Wholesale portland cement is a composite material consisting of aggregate, cement, and water. As a construction material, concrete can be cast in almost any shape desired, and once hardened, can become a structural (load bearing) element. When water is mixed with portland cement, the product sets in a few hours and hardens over a period of weeks.

Wholesale portland cement is the most common of all building materials. Portland cement is used to make pavements, building structures, foundations, motorways, roads, over-passes, parking structures, bases for gates, fences, poles, and cement in brick or block walls. An old name for portland cement is liquid stone.