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See also: alité
English
Etymology
Named by Alfred Elis Törnebohm in 1897 after examining Portland cement through a microscope.
Noun
alite (uncountable)
- An impure form of tricalcium silicate.
- 2020 September 22, G. Habert, S. A. Miller, V. M. John, J. L. Provis, A. Favier, A. Horvath & K. L. Scrivener, “Environmental impacts and decarbonization strategies in the cement and concrete industries”, in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment:
- After heating in the kiln, the melted material is cooled rapidly to form an assemblage of the silicates alite (also known by the cement chemistry notation C3S) and belite (C2S), tricalcium aluminate (C3A) and tetracalcium aluminoferrite (C4AF), known as clinker.
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
alite
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French
Pronunciation
Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)): (file) - Homophones: alitent, alites
Verb
alite
- inflection of aliter:
Italian
Noun
alite f (plural aliti)
- (inorganic chemistry) halite
- Synonym: salgemma
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Latin
Verb
alite
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