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calcium silicate

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noun

  1. any of the silicates of calcium: calcium metasilicate, dicalcium silicate, and tricalcium silicate.


Etymology

Origin of calcium silicate

First recorded in 1885–90

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For instance, one Oakland-based company is commercializing cement made from carbon-free calcium silicate rock, which emits no carbon dioxide when processed in a kiln.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2024

TPS entered the calcium silicate market in 2018, with a product imported from China that it claimed was better and cost 20% to 25% less.

From Reuters Aug. 21, 2023

So it was a surprise when he and his colleagues, analyzing imperfections in a diamond from Orapa, Botswana, found three minuscule specks of calcium silicate perovskite.

From Scientific American Nov. 11, 2021

The slag is mostly calcium silicate and contains most of the commercially unimportant components of the ore:

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

Glass is an Artificial Silicate.—Si02 alone is almost infusible, as is also Ca0; but mixed and heated the two readily fuse, forming calcium silicate.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips

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