what is the difference between cement and mortar?
Cement is the mixture of anhydrous minerals which, when combined with water, makes hydrated crystals which hold everything together. Mortar has sand added, as a filler to lower the cost of holding bricks in place and lime, which gives the mortar a little flexibility so that expansion and contractor of the brick with temperature variations does not cause the mortar to crack apart and fall out.
A building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar. Mortar is made from cement, i.e., A mixture of cement, sand and water that sets firmly; used for bonding bricks and stones of building
Cement is a binder in powder form that when mixed with sand and water makes mortar.
