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Gaining in strength

30 January 2017, Published under Cement News

As cement companies aim to lower their carbon footprint by reducing the clinker factor in their final product, clinker substitution features high on the agenda. The use of silica fume and rice husk ash provide options to replace clinker without affecting compressive strengths of cement mortars. By Feryal Çelik, Mardin Çimento, Turkey. Laboratory research at Mardin Çimento showed the effect of silica fume and ruce husk ash on cement mortar strength Silica fume and rice husk ash a...