Clinker

Clinkers are granular materials with a diameter of 3 to 25 mm used to make cement, which is obtained by heating aluminum silicate (clay) and limestone from 1400 to 1500 degrees Celsius during the cement kiln stage. Clinkers can be stored dry for a long time. Cement manufacturing plants purchase clinker for cement production in areas where primary raw materials are scarce or unavailable.

Cement is generally produced by two methods:

• In another method, clinker, which is the raw material for cement production, is mixed with water and ground.
• But in the dry method, cement raw materials are combined and ground in a dry form.

Cement and clinker are not two similar materials. Cement is a powder-like material that is widely used in construction. But clinker is a material used in cement production.