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Both recipies call for heating the limestone. So why is the modern process so much more energy-demanding? Is it heated to higher temperatures?



Yes, and there's more - Portland cement is made of constituent parts, each presumably extracted from different stones (using energy intensive processes) and then precisely recombined in certain ratios. Roman concrete, lime mortar, and Natural cement are made largely from just moderately heating limestone.




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