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Ted Krapkat

Registered User Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. Plant Chemist, Cement Australia.

re Coating on Nose ring

Hello, Coating formation in this area is normally the result of too much liquid being present in the clinker le...

re bolder formation

Hello Santosh, How high is your clinker MgO content? It is hard to understand how high MgO could cause bould...

re Traditional Analysis by Gravimteric & Volumetric Analysis of Cement or Clinker for Determination of SiO2,Al2O3 ,Fe2O3 & Cao & MgO

Thank you Ravi, It's my pleasure to be of help.   Regards, Ted.

re Traditional Analysis by Gravimteric & Volumetric Analysis of Cement or Clinker for Determination of SiO2,Al2O3 ,Fe2O3 & Cao & MgO

Hello Raju, The proposed method uses oxalate to precipitate the calcium present as insoluble calcium oxalate, a...

re AW calculation

Hello Stephen, You should use clinker chemistry for calculating the coating index and, as far as I know,  the f...

re Traditional Analysis by Gravimteric & Volumetric Analysis of Cement or Clinker for Determination of SiO2,Al2O3 ,Fe2O3 & Cao & MgO

Hello Raju, 1.) Why HCL only select as a solution for this Silica test? Because HCl is a common, relati...

re Traditional Analysis by Gravimteric & Volumetric Analysis of Cement or Clinker for Determination of SiO2,Al2O3 ,Fe2O3 & Cao & MgO

It's my pleasure, Ravi. You are quite welcome, anytime. Ted.

re Traditional Analysis by Gravimteric & Volumetric Analysis of Cement or Clinker for Determination of SiO2,Al2O3 ,Fe2O3 & Cao & MgO

Hello Chari, Thank you for adding that point. You are quite correct, of course.  If the TC is to be expressed a...

re Impact of ALKALY, SULPHURE and CHLORINE in Kiln operation and clinker quality ?

Hello Viswam, Unfortunately, control systems are not my area of expertise, I'm sorry. Maybe there are other exp...

re Traditional Analysis by Gravimteric & Volumetric Analysis of Cement or Clinker for Determination of SiO2,Al2O3 ,Fe2O3 & Cao & MgO

Hello Ravi, 1. In the estimation of total carbonates the reactions occuring are;- CaCO3 + 2HCl --> CaCl2 + H...

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