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Meaning of alite | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

An impure form of tricalcium silicate.

uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

aliteracy aliterate Alito alitretinoin alitretionin alitrunk