- dicalcium silicate
- noun Date: 1925 a calcium silicate 2CaO•SiO2 that is an essential ingredient of portland cement
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dicalcium silicate
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dicalcium silicate — /duy kal see euhm/, Chem. a component of cement, 2CaO·SiO2, also used to neutralize acid soils. [DI 1 + CALCIUM] * * * … Universalium
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calcium silicate — noun : any of several silicates of calcium: as a. : tricalcium silicate Ca3SiO5 found as an essential constituent of portland cement b. : dicalcium silicate Ca2SiO4 also found as an essential constituent of portland cement c. : calcium… … Useful english dictionary
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calcium silicate — any of the silicates of calcium: calcium metasilicate, dicalcium silicate, and tricalcium silicate. Cf. wollastonite. [1885 90] * * * … Universalium
Belite — is an industrial mineral important in Portland cement manufacture, a name for dicalcium silicate, Ca2SiO4, sometimes formulated as 2 CaO · SiO2 (C2S in cement chemist notation). The name was given by Törneborn in 1897 to a crystal identified in… … Wikipedia
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magnesium processing — Introduction preparation of the ore for use in various products. Magnesium (Mg) is a silvery white metal that is similar in appearance to aluminum but weighs one third less. With a density of only 1.738 grams per cubic centimetre, it… … Universalium
cement — cementable, adj. cementer, n. cementless, adj. /si ment /, n. 1. any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material. 2. any of various… … Universalium
