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Ted Krapkat

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

re FAILED 7-DAY STRENGTH

Hello Norew, This sounds like a testing issue. Has this been observed on just one test sample, or is it happeni...

re CEMENT LUMPS IN BAGS

Hello Norew, I assume that the cement you are talking about is reasonably fresh, and has not been stored for to...

re REQUIRED ASTM 150 STANDARD & PROCEDURE

You can obtain ASTM C150 from this site;- http://www.astm.org/Standards/C150.htm   Regards, Ted.

re volatiles calculation & estimation

Hello xxxx,     Assuming you do not have an alkali bypass and you have sufficient kiln inlet oxygen, almost all...

re LIMITS OF C3A,C2S,C4AF

Hello xxxx, These are difficult questions to answer because they are rather non-specific. The optimum clinke...

re ALTERNATIVE FUEL

Hello Norew,   Surely the wet rice husks would dry almost instantly in the heat of the kiln. The only dra...

re Formation of Boulder

Hello Norew, In my experience the formation of boulders is related more to process instabilities rather than ra...

re Requirements for setting a coal lab in a cement plant

Hello Haliff, 1. What equipments do we need? For VM and ash content you will need a furnace capable of at ...

re Ball Charge Determination

Hello Kevin, These articles may help;- http://www.donhad.com.au/files/The%20ARMCO%20Approach%20to%20Predict...

re whiteness of white cement

Dobry den, Silastman! What kind of flux did you use? Possibly CaF2? CaSO4? Both? Regards, Ted.

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