The microscope has become a more common tool in the cement industry. Evaluation of clinker using microscopy is a powerful technique that can help improve clinker production and cement quality. The key to using the microscopy is understanding the process of clinker production namely how raw materials are transformed into clinker. These transformatio...

By Nevzet Merdić, Nedžad Haračić, Ilhan Bušatlić, Nadira Bušatlić, Adis Merdić

Clinker dust or cement kiln dust (CKD) is fine granulated material which generate during the thermal treatment of raw meal and during the clinker cooling process. By applying different methods in certain stages of the technological process it is possible to extract the mentioned dust. The chemical composition of the clinker dust depends on type and...

By Nevzet Merdić, Nedžad Haračić, Ilhan Bušatlić, Nadira B Bušatlić, Zehrudin Osmanović, Nisad Avdić