Sunday, January 3, 2016

Alite

Ca3SiO5, 3CaO·SiO2, Portland cement tricalcium silicate
Alite is a name for tricalcium silicate, Ca3SiO5, sometimes formulated as 3CaO·SiO2 (C3S in cement chemist notation, CCN). It is the major, and characteristic, mineral phase inPortland cement