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Ted Krapkat

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

Re: ASTM and Fineness

Hello HongMinh, Please see the following link for more information on air entrainment and resistance of concrete to...

Re: Clinker free lime

Hello Haliff, This sounds suspiciously like meal buildups falling into the kiln from somewhere near to the kiln inl...

Re: Shale vs Limestone

Hello Haliff, Yes, Insoluble Residue would be quite high if using shale as a mineral additive in OPC cement, but IR...

Re: ASTM and Fineness

Hello HongMinh, 1. Air entrainment is necessary for concrete and mortar exposed to regular freezing and thawing env...

Re: Explosion risks of CO

Hello Dogra, CO reacts with oxygen in the air according to the following reaction;- 2CO + O 2 ---> 2CO 2 The...

Re: Shale vs Limestone

Hello Norew, Both limestone and shales generally have a similar hardness (3 to 4 on Mho's scale), but it would depe...

Re: Kiln Inlet Coating

 Hello Dogra, Usually coatings or buildups in this area are due to an elevated sulphur cycle caused by either poor ...

Re: Chloride

Hello Sheikh, Yes, it is not possible for there to be more chloride in clinker than in kiln feed if your bypass is ...

Re: Chloride

Hello Sheikh, There is no direct relationship between kiln feed, hot meal and clinker chloride content except to sa...

Re: Clinker Hanrdess

Hello Sheikh, Litre weight is a measure of bulk density, not necessarily clinker hardness . In any case,  with resp...

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