The diagrams below show the stages and equipment used in the cement making process, and how cement is used to produce concrete for building purposes. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram illustrates the procedure for producing building materials,

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and concrete.

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, the procedure involves 7 main processes in total to prepare mixed concrete for building use, including 5 stages in the process of making

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and 2 processes in producing concrete by using

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. First of all, limestone and clay are squeezed together by a crusher to become a powder

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crosses through a mixer and arrives rotating heater. At stage three of the process, the

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heated by a flame in the rotating heater. After that, Grinder is used to grind the

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packed into bags for later use. To make mixed concrete for building use, there are totally four ingredients that need to be added into a concrete mixer to produce concrete,

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15% of

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, 10% of water, 25% of sand and 50% of gravel, which consists of small stones. Before becoming a fully mixed concrete

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, the concrete mixer has to be rotated clockwise consistently.