tricalcium silicate

[trahy-kal-see-uhm]

noun

Chemistry.

1. a component of cement, Ca 3 SiO 5 , also used in food to prevent caking.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tricalcium silicate¹

tri- + calcium

Example Sentences

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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Since alite is a solid solution and, although an individual mineral, is not a chemical unit, the proportion of tricalcium silicate to tricalcium aluminate in a given specimen of alite will vary; but, whatever the proportions, each of these substances will react in its characteristic manner according to the equations given above.

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It is generally admitted that the aluminate is the chief agent in the first setting of the cement, and that its ultimate hardening and attainment of strength are due to the tricalcium silicate.

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In France this slaking is conducted systematically by the makers, the freshly burned lime being sprinkled with water and stored in large bins where slaking proceeds slowly and regularly until the whole of the surplus uncombined lime is slaked and rendered harmless, while the cementitious compounds, notably tricalcium silicate, remain untouched.

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As the outcome of these inquiries it has been established that tricalcium silicate 3CaO�SiO2 is the essential constituent of Portland cement.

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