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belite

belite noun: an industrial mineral made up of primarily of dicalcium silicate.

Noun

belite (uncountable)

  1. An industrial mineral made up of primarily of dicalcium silicate.
    • 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.2020 September 22, G. Habert, S. A. Miller, V. M. John, J. L. Provis, A. Favier, A. Horvath & K. L. Scrivener, “Environmental impacts and decarbonization strategies in the cement and concrete...

Origin of belite

Named by Alfred Elis Törnebohm in 1897 after examining Portland cement through a microscope.

Questions about belite

What does belite mean?
Belite means an industrial mineral made up of primarily of dicalcium silicate.
What part of speech is belite?
Belite is a noun.

Words near belite in the dictionary

  1. Belisha
  2. Belisha beacon
  3. Belisha beacons
  4. Belisle
  5. Belisles
  6. belite
  7. belitter
  8. belittered
  9. belittering
  10. belitters
  11. belittle

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