Alite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Alite is a noun meaning An impure form of tricalcium silicate.
Meaning
An impure form of tricalcium silicate.
Example Sentences
After heating in the kiln, the melted material is cooled rapidly to form an assemblage of the silicates alite (also known by the cement chemistry notation C3S) and belite (C2S), tricalcium aluminate (C3A) and tetracalcium aluminoferrite (C4AF), known as clinker.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include augelite, altisite, belite, upalite, adelite, aliettite.
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