alite
See also: alité
English edit
Etymology edit
Named by Törnebohm in 1897 after examining Portland cement through a microscope.
Noun edit
alite (uncountable)
- An impure form of tricalcium silicate.
- 2020 September 22, G. Habert, S. A. Miller, V. M. John, J. L. Provis, A. Favier, A. Horvath & K. L. Scrivener, “Environmental impacts and decarbonization strategies in the cement and concrete industries”, in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment[1]:
- After heating in the kiln, the melted material is cooled rapidly to form an assemblage of the silicates alite (also known by the cement chemistry notation C3S) and belite (C2S), tricalcium aluminate (C3A) and tetracalcium aluminoferrite (C4AF), known as clinker.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alite
Declension edit
Inflection of alite (Kotus type 48*C/hame, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | alite | alitteet | ||
genitive | alitteen | alitteiden alitteitten | ||
partitive | alitetta | alitteita | ||
illative | alitteeseen | alitteisiin alitteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | alite | alitteet | ||
accusative | nom. | alite | alitteet | |
gen. | alitteen | |||
genitive | alitteen | alitteiden alitteitten | ||
partitive | alitetta | alitteita | ||
inessive | alitteessa | alitteissa | ||
elative | alitteesta | alitteista | ||
illative | alitteeseen | alitteisiin alitteihin | ||
adessive | alitteella | alitteilla | ||
ablative | alitteelta | alitteilta | ||
allative | alitteelle | alitteille | ||
essive | alitteena | alitteina | ||
translative | alitteeksi | alitteiksi | ||
abessive | alitteetta | alitteitta | ||
instructive | — | alittein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (CAN) (file) - Homophones: alitent, alites
Verb edit
alite
- inflection of aliter:
Italian edit
Noun edit
alite f (plural aliti)
- (inorganic chemistry) halite
- Synonym: salgemma
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alite