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Ted Krapkat

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

re Re: 28 days strength

Hello PhanMinh, Yes, clinker mineralogy and reactivity are only part of the cement strength equation. As you ri...

re The influence of IR

Hello Cement Viet Nam, To which type of cement are you referring? I have already answered a similar question y...

re Clinker compressive strength

Hello Hongminh, With respect to the pure clinker minerals C3S has by far the greatest impact on 28d strength.(~...

re Limestone

Hello Silastman, Yes, I have been quite busy lately. Thank you for answering this question from Wahid for me. Y...

Availability of on-line analysers for burnt lime testing

Hello, Has anybody ever heard of commercial on-line analysers for the testing of burnt lime for available lime ...

re marble & limestone

Hello Dot, Although marble is simply limestone which has been metamorphosed geologically by heat and pressure, ...

re Andesite

Hello Ashkan, Andesite is a very common type of extrusive volcanic rock (second most common after basalt). Its ...

re Re: Excess O2 & Boulder Formation

Hello Nael, In itself, the density of the clinker should not have any effect on the kiln throughput. The only t...

re Re: Excess O2 & Boulder Formation

Hello Nael, If your free lime is in the normal range, why do you need to increase the litre weight? Litre weigh...

re use limeston to replace gypsum !!!

Hello CVM, Several researchers (eg Bensted & Kantro) have claimed that while limestone cannot be used as a tota...

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