Portland Cement Clinker - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Portland cement clinker is nodules (diameters, 5–25 mm) of sintered material produced by heating a homogeneous mixture of raw materials in a kiln to a sintering temperature of approximately 1450 °C for modern cements.The resulting clinker consists of four main minerals: 11 1. Alite or tricalcium silicate, Ca 3 SiO 5 (in oxide terms 3CaO.SiO 2), abbreviated to C 3 S;