1st periodical exam first semester 2022

1. Which of the following is not a source of renewable energy

a. Solar energy
b. wind energy
c. Fossil energy sources
d. Geothermal energy
2. Alite is:
a. tricalcium silicate or C3S: Ca3SiO5
b. dicalcium silicate or C2S: Ca2SiO4
c. Tricalcium aluminate C3A: Ca3Al2O6
d. Tetracalcium aluminoferrite: or tetracalcium aluminoferrite or C4AF2
(Ca2AlFeO5 )
3. MgO, TiO2 , Mn2O3 , K2O and Na2O exist as minor compounds in Portland
cement , which two of them are known as the alkalis
a. MgO, TiO2
b. K2O, Na2O
c. TiO2, Na2O
d. MgO, K2O
4. More hydraulically-reactive silicates and lots of small, intergrown, aluminate
and ferrite crystals are obtained upon cooling clinker:
a. Very slow
b. Slow
c. Fast
d. very fast
5. To increase the yield of SO3 gas, it is important to:
a. Decrease temperature (exothermic reaction)
b. Increase Pressure
c. Excess reactants are added in presence of Catalyst
d. All the bove