Table 2: The Chemical analysis for representative samples from Bani-Khaled quarries L.S. used as a flux material in the sintering plant of Hadisolb and that of C.M. from Dakahleya sugar beet company.

Compound%

Limestone

Calcareous mud

Moisture

0.42

~2

CaO

54.71

36.19

Al2O3

0.06

0.24

Fe2O3

0.12

0.17

MgO

0.5

5.7

SiO2

0.17

4.0

SO3

0.17

0.56

P

0.008

0.01

Organic CO2

--

~15

L.O.I.

43.78

50.09