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dicalcium silicate

American  
[dahy-kal-see-uhm] / daɪˈkæl si əm /

noun

Chemistry.

  1. a component of cement, 2CaO⋅SiO 2 , also used to neutralize acid soils.

Etymology

Origin of dicalcium silicate

di- 1 + calcium

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The two principal minerals are termed alite and celite; according to the best opinion, alite consists of a solid solution of tricalcium aluminate in tricalcium silicate, and celite of a solid solution of dicalcium aluminate in dicalcium silicate.

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