What is cement made of? What is the reason that it becomes so hard after drying?
Cement is produced by mixing limestone / chalk with shale /clay in certain proportions. This mixture is lit at a temperature of 1450 ° C in a rotary kiln. The material is partially melted and converted into balls due to heat. It is described as a clinker.
The clinker is cooled and grinded to a fine powder to which a certain percentage of gypsum is added. This resulting product is a commercial cement, which is widely used worldwide.
Cement is a hydraulic binder that binds passive building materials such as brick, sand, and stone chips to form structures. The binding effect occurs when water is poured, cement reacts chemically with water. In fact, cement is a chemical compound. Cement contains the following chemical compounds in different proportions.
- Tri-calcium Silicate
- Di-calcium Silicate
- Tri-calcium Aluminate
- Tetra calcium Alumino-ferrite
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