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Question 34

The major component/ingredient of Portland Cement is:

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Excerpt from NCERT:
Important ingredients present in Portland cement are dicalcium silicate ($$Ca_2SiO_4$$) 26%, tricalcium silicate ($$Ca_3SiO_5$$) 51% and tricalcium aluminate ($$Ca_3Al_2O_6$$) 11%.

Answer:
The major constituent is tricalium silicate, thus the right option is D.

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