Patent ID: 6962623

Claim:
A cured form of calcium silicate, mainly comprising tobermorite and exhibiting: a powder X-ray diffraction pattern in which the diffraction peak intensity Ib ascribed to the (220) plane of the tobermorite and the minimum diffraction intensity Ia observed in the diffraction angle range between the two diffraction peaks respectively ascribed to the (220) plane and (222) plane of the tobermorite satisfy the relationship Ib/Ia≧3.0; an apparent specific gravity of from 0.14 to 1.0; and a differential pore distribution curve obtained by mercury porosimetry in which the logarithmic width of the pore diameter distribution as measured at a height of ¼ of the height of the maximum peak of the differential pore distribution curve is from 0.40 to 1.20.