cement chemistry
The clinker chemistry model as commonly used starts with the premise that the essential ingredients of cement clinker are the four oxides; SiO 2, Al 2 O 3, Fe 2 O 3 and CaO which, when heated to approximately 1450°C in the cement kiln, form the four compounds; Ca 3 SiO 5, Ca 2 SiO 4, Ca 3 Al 2 O 6 and Ca 2 AlFeO 5.