Cement
EDXRF / XRF for Portland Cement and Cementitious Materials
Unsurpassed Light Element Sensitivity and Analytical Performance
Modern Portland cement is made by mixing lime, silica, alumina, and iron oxide substances and then heating the mixture until it almost fuses. During the heating process, dicalcium and tricalcium silicate, tricalcium aluminate, and a solid solution containing iron are formed. X-ray fluorescence (XRF), a standard technique used across the cement industry, determines metal-oxide concentrations and oxide stoichiometry. Rigaku NEX CG II Series advanced energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometers, with high sensitivity for light (low atomic number) elements, are the perfect cost-effective backup or supplement to your WDXRF system.
EDXRF for Changing Feeds
NEX CG II Series spectrometers are powered by Rigaku’s RPF-SQX Fundamental Parameters, an advanced qualitative and quantitative analytical software featuring Rigaku Profile Fitting (RPF) technology and Scattering FP. The software allows semi-quantitative analysis of almost all sample types without standards – and rigorous quantitative analysis with standards. Rigaku’s Scattering FP method automatically estimates the concentration of unmeasurable low atomic number elements (hydrogen to fluorine) and provides appropriate corrections.
Affordable Cement Analyzer
During the entire production and processing cycle, the oxide composition of the cement material must be reliably monitored to ensure optimal process control, physical characteristics of the cement, and profitability. The Rigaku NEX QC gives the cement plant a reliable and affordable system for QC measurements around the plant, making it an ideal tool throughout the quality control process and as a backup to WDXRF systems. The NEX QC is applicable to clinker and raw meal materials and can be used to measure gypsum (SO3) in finished cement.
Cement Information & Resources
- ARGENTINA: Asociacion de Fabricantes de Cemento
- AUSTRALIA: The Cement Industry Federation
- AUSTRALIA: Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia
- AUSTRIA: Vereinigung der Öterreichischen Zementindustrie
- BELGIUM: FEBELCEM
- BOLIVIA: Instituto Boliviano del Cemento y el Hormigon
- BRAZIL: Sindicato Nacional da Industria do Cimento
- BRAZIL: Association Brasileira de Çmento Portland
- BULGARIA: Bulgarian Construction and Building Chamber
- CANADA: Cement Association of Canada
- CHILE: Instituto del Cemento y del Hormigóe Chile
- CROATIA: Croatia Cement
- CZECH REPUBLIC: Czech Cement Association
- EUROPE: Cembureau
- FRANCE: Syndicat Françs de l?Industrie Cimentiè
- GERMANY: Verein Deutsche Zementwerke
- HUNGARY: Hungarian Cement Association
- IBERIA: FICEM
- INDIA: Cement Manufacturers’ Association
- INDONESIA: Indonesia Cement and Concrete Institute
- ITALY: Associazione Italiana Tecnico Economica Cemento
- JAPAN: Japan Cement Association
- MALAYSIA: The Cement & Concrete Association of Malaysia
- MEXICO: Camara Nacional del Cemento
- MEXICO: Instituto Mexicano del Cemento y del Concreto
- MOROCCO: National Assocation Professionnelle des Cimentiers du Maroc
- PERU: Asociacióe Productores de Cemento
- PORTUGAL: Associaç Téica da Indúa do Çmento
- SINGAPORE: Cement and Concrete Association of Singapore
- SOUTH AMERICA: FICEM
- SOUTH KOREA: Korea Cement Industrial Association
- SPAIN: OFICEMEN
- SWITZERLAND: Cemsuisse / Verband der Schweizerischen Cementindustrie
- TURKEY: Turkish Cement Manufacturers Association
- UKRAINE: Concern Ukrcement
- UNITED KINGDOM: Mineral Products Association
- USA: Portland Cement Association (PCA)
