Assuming you use only just enough mater, it sets very hard but brittle.
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What I usually use is: 1 Part Portland Cement 2 Parts Medium to Coarse Sand 3 Parts Gravel or Rock
Kerosene, a petroleum product will not interact chemically with Portland cement - water will.
Please note that a key correction in terminology is essential before your question can be answered: use the word "concrete" instead of "cement." The answer is to modify your mix (i.e. Portland cement, sand, gravel, and water) by using hydraulic cement to repace part of the Portland cement. The higher the amount of hydraulic cement you add, the quicker the setting time and the impermeability. However, hydraulic cement sets so quickly that you have limit the amount of total mix so as to be able to pour it and form it before it sets.
Am not a 100% sure about this answer but yes it does hold some water in it, the portland cement majorly has its use in well aerated places i.e its mainly used for construction above sea or simply iits used where cement can dry in air but the hydraulic has properties enabling it to harden properly under water. and thats where its mostly used or in places where water really comes around.
the main difference is we will not at all use the ordinary port land cement in the geo polymer concrete mix simply we will use fly ash as a binder material and a chemicals such as sodium silicate and sodium hydroxide are used