alite
Sign in to saveAlite is an impure form of tricalcium silicate, , sometimes formulated as ( in cement chemist notation), typically with 3-4% of substituent oxides. It is the major, and characteristic, phase in Portland cement. The name was given by Alfred Elis Törnebohm in 1897 to a crystal identified in microscopic investigation of Portland cement. Hatrurite is the name of a mineral that is substituted .
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7 sectionsContents
- Composition and structure
- Polymorphs
- Hydration steps
- Alite as precursor of silicate phases found in medieval lime mortar
- Detection
- See also
- Notes
Alite is an impure form of tricalcium silicate, , sometimes formulated as ( in cement chemist notation), typically with 3-4% of substituent oxides. It is the major, and characteristic, phase in Portland cement. The name was given by Alfred Elis Törnebohm in 1897 to a crystal identified in microscopic investigation of Portland cement. Hatrurite is the name of a mineral that is substituted .
==Composition and structure== thumb|300px|right|Simplified crystal structure of alite. The alite found in Portland cement differs in composition from pure tricalcium silicate. It is a solid solution and contains minor amounts of other oxides besides CaO and . A typical composition is:
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