I haul A product called Catalyst in A bulk tanker, it looks like sand can u tell me what this is?

Question

i pick this product up at a chemical plant, and take it to a cement plant, it is a filler for making dry cement.anyone that can tell what this is, it would b greatly appreciated.
thank you
chad

Answer 1

A catalyst is something that initiates or speeds up a chemical reaction without being changed in the reaction itself. It will possibly be used to speed up setting or allow setting of the cement under certain conditions or it may promote a certain chemical reaction to occur for reasons of strength or stability. It's a bit like the coach of a football team.

Answer 2

is it a normal cement plant or do they make other products too? Do they make plastics by any chance?

Answer 3

Crushed limestone got me.

Answer 4

Found this...don't know if it helps or not:
http://matse1.mse.uiuc.edu/~tw/concrete/prin.html

Wonder if it's stuff used to make this:
http://www.arcoy.com/prod_aroon_10.html