Mortars

Mortar is an intimate mixture of binding material & fine aggregate and water. When water is added to dry mixture of binding material and inert material then binding material develops the property that binds not just the inert material but also the surrounding bricks and stones. If the cement is the binding material, then the mortar is called as cement mortar. Other mortars usually used are mud mortar and lime mortar. The inert material used is sand. first an  brief introduction is given to the inert material sand and then the proportioning, curing, mixing properties and uses of different mortars is described in this chapter. At the end of the chapter several tests conducted on mortars is presented.