Cement Clinker Manufacturing Process with Reactions
2 MgO + SiO2 Mg2SiO4. Phosphorus (as apatite in rawmix) reacts with a little free silica and produces whitlockite (which also goes into solid solution in belite): Ca5(PO4)3OH + SiO2 Ca3(PO4)2 + Ca2SiO4 + H2O (vapour) This stage ends when all the silica in the kiln is used up.