Alite

For other uses, see Alite (disambiguation).

Alite is an impure form of tricalcium silicate, Ca3SiO5, sometimes formulated as 3CaO·SiO2 (C3S in cement chemist notation), typically with 3-4% of substituent oxides.[1] It is the major, and characteristic, phase in Portland cement. The name was given by Törnebohm in 1897 to a crystal identified in microscopic investigation of Portland cement.[2] Hatrurite is the name of a mineral that is substituted C3S.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b Taylor, H.F W. (1997). Cement Chemistry (2nd ed.). London: T. Telford. ISBN 0-7277-2592-0. OCLC 38207086.
  2. ^ Bournazel, Jean-Pierre; Malier, Yves; Regourd, Micheline Moranville (1998). Concrete, from material to structure. Rilem Publications. ISBN 2-912143-04-7..
  3. ^ "Hatrurite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved November 5, 2020.