TY - GEN
T1 - Granite waste as a raw material in ceramic body formulations
AU - Phoumiphon, N.
AU - Mohamad, Hasmaliza
AU - Hirajima, Tsuyoshi
AU - Othman, Radzali
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The escalating interest of researchers to use industrial waste materials in the manufacture of ceramic products is growing. This work is aimed at studying the properties of granite waste (GW) upon incorporation in ceramic bodies. Initially, the GW was characterized in terms of chemical and mineralogical compositions. Then, the GW was added (in the range 40-60 wt.%) to a ball clay. Firing was carried out at 1100 °C to1200 °C and then the properties of the fired specimens were determined. The results showed that specimens with GW 50 wt.% fired at 1150 °C exhibited the best properties, i.e. minimum water absorption of <0.36%, the best bulk density (2.48 g/cm3) and strength (21.34 MPa). This showed that GW can act as a fluxing agent and reduces the firing temperature of the ceramic body with additional advantages in terms of cost and reuse of waste materials.
AB - The escalating interest of researchers to use industrial waste materials in the manufacture of ceramic products is growing. This work is aimed at studying the properties of granite waste (GW) upon incorporation in ceramic bodies. Initially, the GW was characterized in terms of chemical and mineralogical compositions. Then, the GW was added (in the range 40-60 wt.%) to a ball clay. Firing was carried out at 1100 °C to1200 °C and then the properties of the fired specimens were determined. The results showed that specimens with GW 50 wt.% fired at 1150 °C exhibited the best properties, i.e. minimum water absorption of <0.36%, the best bulk density (2.48 g/cm3) and strength (21.34 MPa). This showed that GW can act as a fluxing agent and reduces the firing temperature of the ceramic body with additional advantages in terms of cost and reuse of waste materials.
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.858.88
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.858.88
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84891595230
SN - 9783037859056
T3 - Advanced Materials Research
SP - 88
EP - 95
BT - Frontiers in Materials and Minerals Engineering
T2 - 5th Regional Conference on Materials Engineering and the 5th Regional Conference on Natural Resources and Materials 2013, RCM5 and RCNRM5 2013
Y2 - 22 January 2013 through 23 January 2013
ER -