Artificial fluorspar and its application in the cement industry

Fluorspar as a mineralizer for clinker burning was examined. A patent application for the production of artificial fluorspar was reported. The production process for two products based on phosphogypsum (the waste of phosphoric acid production) was outlined: the means for control of cement setting time and the mineralizer - synthetic calcium fluoride.

Author: M.V. Bakharev, A.N. Moskalenko

Section: Equipment and technology

Keywords: mineralizer, fluorite, phosphogypsum, calcium sulphate dihydrate