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    Silica is abundantly found in nature in many forms like clay, sand, and quartz. It is silicon dioxide (SiO2) with a high melting point. Silica is present in raw materials used to make cement, like limestone. There are two types of silica - reactive silica that easily reacts during cement production, and free silica that requires higher temperatures to react. Clays contain a high percentage of silica and come in different types with varying melting points. If the raw mix has low silica, sand can be added. Free silica in raw materials can be made more reactive by grinding the mix very fine.

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    Silica is abundantly found in nature in many forms like clay, sand, and quartz. It is silicon dioxide (SiO2) with a high melting point. Silica is present in raw materials used to make cement, like limestone. There are two types of silica - reactive silica that easily reacts during cement production, and free silica that requires higher temperatures to react. Clays contain a high percentage of silica and come in different types with varying melting points. If the raw mix has low silica, sand can be added. Free silica in raw materials can be made more reactive by grinding the mix very fine.

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    Silica is abundantly found in nature in many forms like clay, sand, and quartz. It is silicon dioxide (SiO2) with a high melting point. Silica is present in raw materials used to make cement, like limestone. There are two types of silica - reactive silica that easily reacts during cement production, and free silica that requires higher temperatures to react. Clays contain a high percentage of silica and come in different types with varying melting points. If the raw mix has low silica, sand can be added. Free silica in raw materials can be made more reactive by grinding the mix very fine.

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    Sunday, 9 June 2013
    silica
    silica
    Silica is available abudantly in many forms. Some the forms of
    silica forms are:
    clay, marl, sand, flyash, slag, quartz, flint,felspar, mica, sandstone,
    Illite, diatomite
    chemical name: silicon di oxide (SiO2) 
    Melting point : 2072 deg celcius
    No need to add silica seperately as it was present in mixed
    condition along with limestone and with iron & alumina. The basic
    thumb rule is:
    A high lime material will have less silica and low lime material will
    have high silica.
    Two types of silica is availabe:
    1. Reactive silica : This silica will react, burn easily with rawmix
    (limestone with iron and alumina ) and without causing burning,
    operational or cement manufacturing problems.
    2. Free silica : This silica will not react or burn easily with rawmix
    (limestone with iron and alumina). It requires very high
    temperature compared to reactive silica.It is also difficult to grind.
    So ensure care while selecting raw material which contains silica in
    the form of free silica.
    CLAYS :
    These are aluminim silicates which contain about 50 % to 70 % of
    silicon di oxide. They are fine grained in appearance and size under
    2 microns in diameter. The fusion temperature of clays varies
    between 1150 deg celcius to 1750 deg celcius. The following table
    provides you about general clay types:
     
    KAOLIN  GROUP MONTMORILLONITE GROUP

    Kaolinite Montmorillonite
    Dickite Beidellite
    Nacrite Nontronite
    Halloysite Saponite

    Saponite is magnesium silicate based and remaining clay types are


    aluminium silicate types. Clay mica including illite are alkali with
    magnesium based clays.
    Clays with no impurities will be white in colour, but it contains iron
    hydroxide which is the principle colouring matter in clay.
     

     
    (clay image, courtesy : www.learnnc.org)
    What to do if silica content is low in raw mix ?
    Just add sand to raw mix as it contains more silica.
    How to select a raw material containing silica for
    cement manufacturing ?
    1. Ensure care while selecting alkali and magnesium based clays (as
    they create operational and cement quality problems like cement
    expansion and cracking) by keeping them under permissible
    limits. 
    2. Again and always try to keep auxillary components under limits
    as they also create cement expansion with cracking and
    operational problems. (clays are major source of alkalies in
    cement)
    3.If high silica, then it means material having low lime. So add high
    grade limestone or any material of high grade lime so that the lime
    grade limestone or any material of high grade lime so that the lime
    increases and silica decreases.
     
    What to do if you have more free silica ?
    Under such condition,grind the raw mix less than 45 microns. This
    makes material with free silica reactive and easy burning type.
    (silica image,courtesy:www.consingeologicalsurvey.org)

    bhaskar ramamurthy at 02:00

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