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Portland Cement Association

So, you know how sometimes people need to make really strong and sturdy things, like buildings or bridges? To do that, they need something called cement.

The Portland Cement Association is a group of people who know a lot about making cement. They work together to make sure that the cement that builders use is safe and high-quality.

There are lots of different types of cement, but the most common one is called Portland cement. It's made by mixing things like limestone, clay, and sand together, and then heating them up really hot until they turn into a powder.

Once it's in powder form, people can mix it with water and other things to make a kind of paste. Then they can pour that paste into molds or shapes to make things like bricks, blocks, or even big slabs of concrete.

The Portland Cement Association helps make sure that when people use cement to build things, those things will be strong and last a long time. They also do research to find new and better ways to make cement, so builders can keep making even bigger and stronger things in the future!