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Standard XII

Chemistry

Composition and Manufacture and Uses of Cement

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The main constituents of cement are:

calcium oxide, silicon dioxide, aluminium oxide

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calcium oxide, Iron oxide, sulphur dioxide

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magnesium oxide, silicon dioxide, aluminium oxide

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none of these

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Solution

The correct option is A calcium oxide, silicon dioxide, aluminium oxide
Portland cement consists essentially of compounds of lime (calcium oxide, CaO) mixed with silica (silicon dioxide, $S i O_{2}$ ) and alumina (aluminium oxide, $A l_{2} O_{3}$ ). The lime is obtained from a calcareous (lime-containing) raw material, and the other oxides are derived from an argillaceous (clayey) material.

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