COMPARISON BETWEEN CEMENT AND LIME

Although cement and lime are cementing materials, they have different features and properties:

1. The colour of cement is grey, whereas lime is white or greyish white in colour.
2. Lime slakes immediately when it comes into contact with water, but cement does not slake when it comes into contact with water.
3. Cement paste sets during a definite period of time, whereas lime takes more time to set.
4. Cements are of different types, a suitable one can be selected to fit in for a given environment. But lime can not fit in for all environments.
5. Cement has extremely high strength compared to lime.
6. Lime has a better flexibility property than cement which acts as a rigid material.