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Question
What are the ingredients of cement?
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Solution
The ingredients of cement are lime \[\ce{(CaO)}\], clay, silica and some other oxides of aluminum, iron, and magnesium. Gypsum \[\ce{(CaSO4, 2H2O)}\] is usually added to regulate the setting rate of cement.
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