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The major component/ingredient of Portland Cement is :

Options

  1. Adicalcium silicate
  2. Btricalcium aluminate
  3. Cdicalcium aluminate
  4. Dtricalcium silicate

Correct answer

D. tricalcium silicate

Step-by-step solution

Portland cement contain (i) dicalcium silicate = 26 % , (ii) Tricalcium silicate = 51 % , (iii) Tricalcium aluminate = 11 %

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