title: Preparation of calcium sulphoaluminate cement using fertiliser plant wastes.
abstract: Phosphochalks from fertiliser plants contain significant amount of calcium sulphate along with P(2)O(5) and fluorine. The presence of these impurities makes them unsuitable for most applications and, hence its availability in millions of tons. We demonstrate that it is possible to prepare calcium sulphoaluminate-aluminoferrite based special cements having strength values comparable to ordinary Portland cement (OPC) using these waste chalks. Such cements are insensitive to the presence of impurities in the raw mixture, clinker at low temperatures (1,230 degrees C) and the clinkers produced are soft and friable. An empirical technique has been developed to predict the phase composition of the clinkers given the chemical composition of the starting raw mixture. The proposed low temperature clinkering route appears to be a promising method for converting waste phosphochalks into construction grade cements.
authors.affiliation: Tata Research, Development and Design Centre, 54B Hadapsar Industrial Estate, Pune 411013, India. maneesh@ludd.ltu.se
authors.forename: Maneesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Kapur
authors.lastname: Pradip
mesh_terms: D017607:Aluminum Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D019245:Compressive Strength; D003252:Construction Materials / Q000592:standards; D005308:Fertilizers; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D013457:Sulfur Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D017610:Calcium Compounds; D005308:Fertilizers; D013457:Sulfur Compounds; C529583:calcium sulfoaluminate