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    Calcium silicate can refer to several silicates of calcium including: CaO·SiO2, wollastonite (CaSiO3) 2CaO·SiO2, larnite (Ca2SiO4) 3CaO·SiO2, alite or...
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  • Calcium silicate hydrates (CSH or C-S-H) are the main products of the hydration of Portland cement and are primarily responsible for the strength of cement-based...
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    Brick (redirect from Calcium silicate brick)
    with clay they are made with lime binding the silicate material. The raw materials for calcium-silicate bricks include lime mixed in a proportion of about...
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    When treated with calcium oxides and water, silicate minerals form Portland cement. Equilibria involving hydrolysis of silicate minerals are difficult...
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  • Alite (redirect from Tricalcium silicate)
    rankinite along with calcium silicate hydrate phases in lime mortars. The only explanation for the discovery of these silicate phases not normally expected...
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  • Bayer process which is often converted to calcium silicate (Ca2SiO4). The main applications of sodium silicates are in detergents, paper industry (as a...
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  • Silicate perovskite is either (Mg,Fe)SiO3 (the magnesium end-member is called bridgmanite) or CaSiO3 (calcium silicate known as davemaoite) when arranged...
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    Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate (CaCuSi4O10 or CaOCuO(SiO2)4 (calcium copper tetrasilicate)) or cuprorivaite, is a pigment that was...
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    of structural steel and pipes Exfoliated vermiculite is added to a calcium silicate slurry. This is then dewatered by pressing or by using one of the...
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    cations with the calcium ions released by portlandite, the alkali-silica reaction in its ultimate stage leading to calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) could...
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    essentially of crystalline hydraulic calcium silicates, and usually containing one or more of the following: water, calcium sulfate, up to 5 % limestone, and...
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  • than calcium hydroxide, and indistinguishable from Biodentin. MTA, when mixed with water, forms a calcium silicate hydrate gel which contains calcium hydroxide...
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  • Cement chemist notation (category Silicates)
    hyphens in C-S-H indicate a calcium silicate hydrate phase of variable composition, while 'CSH' would indicate a calcium silicate phase, CaH2SiO4. The cement...
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    geologic reservoirs, most commonly in the form of calcium carbonate or as calcium silicate. Calcium-containing rocks include calcite, dolomite, phosphate...
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    or Fe(III)). Although aluminium substitutes extensively for silicon in silicates such as feldspars and amphiboles, the substitution occurs only to a limited...
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    This reaction structure is representative of general silicate weathering of calcium silicate minerals. The chemical pathway is as follows: 2 CO 2 +...
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    suitable for relatively small flows or less complex acid mine drainage. A calcium silicate feedstock, made from processed steel slag, can also be used to neutralize...
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  • aluminum silicate, calcium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate, magnesium silicate, magnesium trisilicate, sodium magnesium silicate, zirconium silicate, attapulgite...
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    reacts with calcium hydroxide in the presence of water at room temperature (cf. pozzolanic reaction). In this reaction insoluble calcium silicate hydrate...
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    Cements used in construction are usually inorganic, often lime- or calcium silicate-based, and are either hydraulic or less commonly non-hydraulic, depending...
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  • silicate. Under the influence of carbon dioxide, lime-based binders carbonate and water silicate-based binders solidify. Together they form calcium silicate...
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    chemical reaction between carbon dioxide in the air and calcium hydroxide and hydrated calcium silicate in the concrete. When a concrete structure is designed...
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  • non-hydraulic calcium silicate cement (CSC). The difference between traditional Portland concrete and these carbonated calcium silicate concrete (CSC-C)...
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    four minerals: two calcium silicates, alite (Ca3SiO5) and belite (Ca2SiO4), along with tricalcium aluminate (Ca3Al2O6) and calcium aluminoferrite (Ca2(Al...
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    A calc–silicate rock is a rock produced by metasomatic alteration of existing rocks in which calcium silicate minerals, such as diopside and wollastonite...
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    produces calcium silicate, used in cement clinker production. 2 CaSO4 + 2 SiO2 + C → 2 CaSiO3 + 2 SO2 + CO2 Some component reactions pertaining to calcium sulfate:...
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    this by reacting with finely divided silica and alumina to produce calcium silicates and aluminates, which possess cementing properties. Small quantities...
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  • should be placed above it to counter this. Calcium silicate-based liners have become alternatives to calcium hydroxide and are preferred by practitioners...
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    Gyrolite (category Calcium minerals)
    Gyrolite, NaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O, is a rare silicate mineral (basic sodium calcium silicate hydrate: N-C-S-H, in cement chemist notation) belonging...
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    et al. (2010). "Temperature-dependent structural heterogeneity in calcium silicate liquids". Phys. Rev. B. 82 (22): 224202. Bibcode:2010PhRvB..82v4202B...
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