1: Reagents & Solutions preparation.

(a) 732 styrene of H type: (Strongly acidic cation exchange resin) Strongly acidic cation exchange resin (1 12): washed with water. The ion exchange resin loaded in column (a diameter of about 5cm to about 70cm height), wash with the 1500mL hydrochloric acid (1 +3) by flow rate of 5mL per minute (drop by drop) (from up the column to down), then rinse the resin ion exchange by backwash column (from down the column to up) with distilled water until no chlorine ions in the liquid (test with AgNO3), pour the resin, and then store in a bottle (Wash several times with water). (b)Phenolphthalein indicator solution (10g / L): 1 g of phenolphthalein dissolved in 100 mL 95% (V / V) ethanol (c) Sodium hydroxide standard titration solution [c (NaOH)
=0.06ml/L]

1-preparation 24g of sodium hydroxide dissolved in 10L of water, shake it well, and Store in a plastic bottles or hard glass bottle with a rubber cover 2- Calibration of sodium hydroxide Standard solution Weigh about 0.3 g of potassium hydrogen phthalate KHP (accurate to 0.0001 g), placed in 400 ml beaker, add about 200 ml of cold boiled new (color is slightly red), dissolve. Then add 6-7 drops of phenolphthalein indicator (10g / L) solution, Titrate with standard sodium hydroxide solution to reddish Sodium hydroxide solution concentration is calculated as follows:

c (NaOH)=(m1000)/(V204.2)
Where c (NaOH) Standard concentration of sodium hydroxide solution V volume of sodium hydroxide consumed in the titration m the weight of potassium hydrogen phthalate, g; 204.2 The molar mass of the potassium hydrogen phthalate

3- Sodium hydroxide standard titration solution for sulfur trioxide titration Standard titration of sodium hydroxide solution of sulfur trioxide titer is calculated as follows TSO3= c (NaOH) 40.03 Where TS03number of milligrams of sulfur trioxide equivalent to milliliter of standard sodium hydroxide solution. c (NaOH) Standard concentration of sodium hydroxide solution. 40.031/2S03molar mass

Determination of SO3 in cement.

Analysis step (The ion exchange method). Note: For gypsum, sample weight is 0.1g Accurately weight 0.2 g sample, place into 400 ml beaker with 4g resin and stirring rod, add 10ml hot water, shaking the beaker to make sample dispersion. Add 40ml of boiling water, placed on a magnetic stirrer heating and stirring for 3min, To remove the resin ,filter with a fast filter paper and wash 2-3 times with hot water, the filtrate (approximately 100 ml) is collected in a 400-ml beaker, add 4 grams of new resin, and then heated again on a magnetic stirrer for mixing for 3min, remove the resin, the solution was filtered and washed 4-5 times, and the filtrate (about 200ml) was collected in a 400ml beaker, add 6-7 drops of phenolphthalein (10g / L), Titration with 0.06mol / L standard solution of sodium hydroxide to pale red color appear, if for 30 seconds does not disappear, recorded the consumed volume of the sodium hydroxide solution as V . SO3 content is calculated as follow

XSO3 = [ VTSO3 / (m1000) ] 100%