portland cement

binder used as basic ingredient of concrete
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portland cement

Summary

portland cement is a cement[1]. It draws 640 Wikipedia views per month (cement category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • portland cement is credited with the discovery of Joseph Aspdin[3].
  • portland cement's instance of is recorded as cement[4].
  • portland cement's instance of is recorded as brand[5].
  • portland cement's instance of is recorded as building material[6].
  • Isle of Portland is named after portland cement[7].
  • portland cement is made of calcium[8].
  • portland cement is made of silicon[9].
  • portland cement is made of aluminium[10].
  • portland cement is made of iron[11].
  • portland cement is made of gypsum[12].
  • portland cement is made of lime[13].
  • portland cement is a type of cement[14].
  • portland cement's Commons category is recorded as Cement[15].
  • portland cement's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1845[16].
  • portland cement's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1824[17].
  • portland cement's described by source is recorded as ASTM C150/C150M[18].
  • portland cement's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[19].
  • portland cement's has effect is recorded as portland cement exposure[20].
  • portland cement's NIOSH Pocket Guide ID is recorded as 0521[21].
  • portland cement's vapor pressure is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[22].
  • portland cement's immediately dangerous to life or health is recorded as {'amount': '+5000'}[23].
  • portland cement's time-weighted average exposure limit is recorded as {'amount': '+5'}[24].
  • portland cement's time-weighted average exposure limit is recorded as {'amount': '+10'}[25].
  • portland cement's associated hazard is recorded as portland cement exposure[26].
  • portland cement's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[27].

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for portland cement include ANCAP[28], a state-owned enterprise[29], in Uruguay[30], founded in 1931[31] and portlandite[32], a mineral species[33].

Why It Matters

portland cement draws 640 Wikipedia views per month (cement category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for it include ANCAP[28], a state-owned enterprise[29], in Uruguay[30], founded in 1931[31] and portlandite[32], a mineral species[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 80660
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P679]]: 80660, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P679]]"
  2. 13d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 80660
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P679]]: 080660, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275042|batch #275042]]"
  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → Op0jl
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → portland cement exposure
    Discoverer or inventor → Joseph Aspdin
    Local thumb → —
    Vapor pressure → {'amount': '+0'}
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565788205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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