Table 1 Chemical and physical properties of Type III cement used in this study.
Chemical composition (%) | Mineral composition (%) | Density (g/cm3) | Blaine (cm2/g) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
\( {\text{CaO}} \) | \( {\text{SiO}}_{2} \) | \( {\text{Al}}_{2} O_{3} \) | \( {\text{Fe}}_{2} O_{3} \) | \( {\text{MgO}} \) | \( {\text{Na}}_{2} O \) | \( {\text{K}}_{2} O \) | \( {\text{SO}}_{3} \) | \( {\text{C}}_{3} S \) | \( {\text{C}}_{2} S \) | \( {\text{C}}_{3} A \) | \( {\text{C}}_{4} AF \) | ||
62.2 | 19.5 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 49.2 | 18.8 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 3.12 | 4600 |