Table 5: Chemical composition of cement.

IQS 5-1984 Limitations of the Normal Cement By Weight % Oxides, Cyclones Compound Composition
---- 20.37 SiO2 Silica
---- 5.15 Al2O3 Alumina
---- 4.39 Fe2O3 Iron Oxide
---- 63.11 CaO Lime
Less than 5% 1.68 MgO Magnesia
Less than 2.8% 2.57 SO3 Sulfate
Less than 4% 2.72 L.O.I Loss on ignition
---- 1.12 -- Free lime
0.66 to 1.02 0.92 L.S.F Lime saturation factor
Less than 1.5 0.69 I.R Insoluble residue
Main compounds(Bougue's equation)
6. 22 C3A Tricalcium aluminates
49.23 C3S Tricalcium silicate
21.5 C2S Dicalcium silicate
13.34 C4AF Tricalcium alumina