Talk:Clay pit
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As far as i know clay has not been used to manufacture Portland cement. Limestone and heat seems to be the key ingredient in Portland cement manufacturing.172.58.4.145 (talk) 01:05, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
- The article on Portland cement says that clay is used. Dudley Miles (talk) 07:26, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
- Indeed, the raw materials for making clinker are 80 wt.% limestone (CaCO
3 as source of CaO after calcination) and 20 wt.% clay (aluminosilicate as source of SiO
2 and Al
2O
3). The main hydrated mineral phase of the hardened cement paste (HCP) are the calcium silicate hydrates (C-S-H), the glue of the cement. Shinkolobwe (talk) 19:19, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
- Indeed, the raw materials for making clinker are 80 wt.% limestone (CaCO