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===As a component of cement=== Calcium silicates are the major ingredients in [[Portland cement]]s.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1002/14356007.a05_489.pub2 |chapter=Cement |title=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry |date=2008 |last1=Sprung |first1=Siegbert |isbn=978-3-527-30385-4 }}</ref> {|class=wikitable |+ Typical constituents of portland clinker plus gypsum<br><small> showing [[cement chemist notation]] (CCN)</small> ! Clinker ! CCN ! Mass ! Mineral |- |Tricalcium silicate (CaO)<sub>3</sub> Β· SiO<sub>2</sub>||C<sub>3</sub>S|| 25β50%|| [[alite]] |- | Dicalcium silicate (this article) (CaO)<sub>2</sub> Β· SiO<sub>2</sub>||C<sub>2</sub>S|| 20β45%||[[belite]] |- |[[Tricalcium aluminate]] (CaO)<sub>3</sub> Β· Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>||C<sub>3</sub>A|| 5β12% |- |[[Calcium Aluminoferrite|Tetracalcium aluminoferrite]] (CaO)<sub>4</sub> Β· Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Β· Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>||C<sub>4</sub>AF|| 6β12% |- |CaSO<sub>4</sub> Β· 2 H<sub>2</sub>O||CSΜ H<sub>2</sub>|| 2β10%||[[gypsum]] |}
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