STUDIES OF THE ROLE OF CALCIUM SULPHATE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PORTLAND CEMENT CLINKER

SULPHATE IN PORTLAND CEMENT CLINKER MAY ORIGINATE FROM THE CLAY OR CALCIUM SULPHATE OF THE RAW MIX, FROM THE FUEL, OR FROM THE USE OF MINERALIZERS. ITS RETENTION IN THE CLINKER IS INFLUENCED BY THE KILN ATMOSPHERE. STUDIES ARE IN PROGRESS OF THE ROLE OF SULPHATE IN THE CEMENT MAKING PROCESS AND THE WAYS IN WHICH IT MAY ALTER EITHER THE COMPOUND COMPOSITION OF THE CLINKER OR THE CEMENTING PROPERTIES OF IMPORTANT CEMENT COMPOUNDS. SINCE THE UTILIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL BY-PRODUCTS AND LOW-GRADE LIMESTONES, CONTAINING IMPURITIES RARELY PRESENT IN CEMENT IN ANY QUANTITY, IS CURRENTLY INCREASING, AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNCTION OF SUCH MINOR COMPONENTS AS MAGNESIA AND SULPHATE IS ACQUIRING NEW IMPORTANCE. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 67, No 10, PP 487-509
• Corporate Authors:

  British Ceramic Society Trans /UK

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• Authors:
  • Gutt, W
  • SMITH, M A
• Publication Date: 1968-10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calcium compounds; Clay; Clinkers; Limestone; Magnesium compounds; Manufacturing; Portland cement; Sulfates
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217775
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 10 1994 12:00AM