Cement is one of the most important materials for construction. Various physical properties are given to cement by changing the mineral composition of clinker; therefore, it is important to control the chemical composition of cement raw meal. XRF spectrometry has been used for chemical composition analysis in cement production processes owing to its simple sample preparation, rapid analysis and high precision. This application note demonstrates quantitative analysis for cement raw meal by the pressed powder method on Rigaku ZSX PrimusIII+, a sequential wavelength dispersive XRF spectrometer.
Building materials play an important role in today’s industry. Their composition has a big influence on material properties and fields of application, as well as on their behavior in ecosystems and recyclability. Tightly monitoring the elemental composition of building materials, such as cement, is key for ensuring their quality, and this composition is thus routinely measured in industrial quality control labs.