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Ted Krapkat

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

Re: MgO in raw mix

Hi Stephen, I am surprised that such a small increase in MgO (0.75% to 0.85%) could have such a marked process effe...

Re: quarry and mix optimization

electron1539: 1- is your stock pile for lime stone only or ( lime / clay )mix pile . At that time it was...

Re: quarry and mix optimization

Okay, thanks Electron1539, I was laboratory manager in a quarry similar to your situation some years ago. At the ti...

Re: Slag

Hi Raj, Possibly, if the right conditions exist, for example if the sample is high in metal sulphides and the atmos...

Re: C4AF

HongMinh, Okay, I understand. In my experience, brown clinker can be produced from excessively hard burning or re...

Re: quarry and mix optimization

Hello Electron1539, Do you have a cross-belt analyser after your crusher? If not, how do you currently test the cru...

Re: C4AF

HongMinh, I don't know of any change you can make to the burning process that will increase C4AF, without an increa...

Re: Slag

Raj, The reason is that these materials contain significant amounts of Ferrous iron (Fe+2). During heating in air ...

Re: Aggregates

Hi Raj, The main types of minerals which are susceptible to Alkali-Silica reaction are opal, chert and quartzite. Y...

Re: high free lime

Hello Bazarah, From what you have told us so far, I think your problem is more likely to be process-related rather ...

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