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Tricalcium silicate, the principal strength-giving compound of Portland cement, is abbreviated as
Answer: C
In cement chemists' notation C stands for calcium oxide and S for silica, so C3S is three parts lime to one of silica. It usually makes up around half of the clinker. The abbreviations are a shorthand used throughout the cement industry.
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