Papers by Keyword: Quartz Sand

Abstract: The quality of silica sand used in composite cements is crucial. A significant factor is the dilation of sand grains. In this study, two types of silica sands from related deposits were examined to identify differences in properties, such as grain size and shape, chemical purity (using SEM and XRFS), and their impact on dilation. It was found that the location supplying coarser-grained sand exhibited higher chemical purity but also 19.8% higher dilatation.

Abstract: Concrete the spirit of the infrastructures and it’s a combination of cement, water and coarse aggregate, fine aggregate and add mixtures. Sand and cement is consider as critical material in significant mix design due reality that collecting of cement and uncovering sand is impacting out. In case consider concrete the manufacturing of it release out CO₂ and other green house gases and in other hand sand expulsion furthermore is lead us to stream bed declination, so most ideal choice for the both of materials ought to be taken vital notes. Through this paper an imaginative focus on utilization of Pareva Dust as a replacement to concrete and Quartz Sand as replacement to sand at different level (5%,10%15%) is utilized and assist with getting's mom earth. Through this examination paper study is given for the mechanical and quality properties of which guide as choice in concrete.

Abstract: SiO₂ were successfully synthesized by sol–gel process via in-situ modification. The SiO₂ consists of two kinds of co-precursor namely raw material from quartz sand and methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) as main SiO₂ source. By introducing SiO₂ with different sizes of particle micro-submicron scale, it was suggested to construct hierarchical structure. The sample was characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), and Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) to analyze crystal structure, morphology of particles, and surface roughness of the samples. In this research, SiO₂ co-precursor from quartz sand were extraction and synthesis to be SiO₂ quartz (SQ) phase and SiO₂ amorphous (SA) phase respectively which is combine with SiO₂ based MTMS by sol–gel process via in-situ modification. Based on the results, it can be concluded that SiO₂ with high purity levels maintains its crystal structure even after in-situ modification, resulting in an increase in particle size to approximately 12-20 μm. SEM images showed that particle was irregular shape due to agglomeration which is SiO₂ based quartz sand stick by SiO₂ based MTMS. AFM showed the surface roughness of MTMS/SQ have a larger roughness than MTMS/SA with Sa 3.3 ± 0.8 nm and Sq 5.0 ± 1.0 nm. The formation of hierarchical structure layers based on SiO₂ has a promising potential for wide applications in various fields such as hydrophobic surface.

Abstract: The essence of the hydraulic fracturing method for enhancing oil recovery is described. The definition of proppants is given and their average chemical composition is determined. In the process of an analytical review, the article presents proppants that are widely used in the oil industry. For each type of proppant, the main technical characteristics (bulk density and compressive strength) required when using the hydraulic fracturing method have been determined. In the course of the analysis, it was found that all proppant technologies are expensive and it is necessary to select high-quality cheap and affordable materials to reduce the cost of their production. Drilling cuttings from the Morozovskoye field were chosen as one of these materials. Physical and chemical studies of drill cuttings were carried out, on the basis of which a conclusion was made about the possibility of its use in the synthesis of high-quality aluminosilicate proppants.

Abstract: The effect of forming technology on the properties of quartz sand porous materials were researched with the low grade quartz sand along the Yangtze River via the pressureless sintering method in this paper, which lay technology foundation for researching new heat insulating materials. The wear of ball milling media is investigated through adjusting the ball milling parameter via the weigh methods. The results are shown that the porosity of quartz sand porous materials are decreased with increasing a forming pressure. The porosities of Φ30 and Φ50 materials are decreased with increasing a holding pressure time, however, the porosity decreasing rate of Φ30 is slower than that of Φ50. The porosity of Φ50 is higher than that of Φ30 under same forming conditions. Through optimized the forming conditions, the porosity of sintered Φ50 quartz matrix porous materials reaches 54.52% under the forming pressure for 5MPa and the holding pressure time for 5min.

Abstract: The one of major impurities in quartz is iron, which has a great impact on the properties of the material and should be be strictly removed in many applications. In this study, a low-energy consumption, simple, fast processing is introduced by combination microwave treatment with different acid leaching. Selective heating of microwaves is used to process quartz, causing local phase changes to improve the purification effect. Acid leaching was used to remove the iron in the quartz matrix. Under optimized conditions, the iron content can be reduced to below 0.167 ppmw with one single purification pass.

Abstract: World and domestic experience in the development of various compositions and technologies for composite and mixed binders (including cementless ones) and concretes is reduced to the use of components based on ashes of thermal power plants and other secondary mineral resources. But their qualitative, ecological and economic indicators, as well as the energy intensity of production, do not meet modern requirements.

Abstract: A high-performance quartz sand insulation brick was prepared by using low grade quartz sand under different sintering process conditions. The optimum sintering process conditions were obtained by analyzing the relationship between microstructure and sintering process. Through the compounding, pulping, forming, drying and sintering processes, and the performance test of the porous brick, the following conclusions can be drawn, the comprehensive performance in all aspects, the porosity is similar, the preferred high compressive strength conditions, in order to get a best The bonding point, brick body sintering temperature of 1150 °C, porosity of 74.56%, compressive strength of 2.1 MPa of porous brick, and the pores are smooth, more uniform distribution. With the prolonging of the holding time, the porosity of the porous brick is reduced, and the performance is 1h, the porosity is 77.22% and the compressive strength is 2.05 MPa. When the raw material ratio is 60% quartz sand, 30wt% kaolin, calcium carbonate 9.6wt%, foaming agent 0.4wt%, water ratio 0.9 holding time at 1h sintering at 1150°C can get better porosity and compressive strength of the insulation brick. The porous material was sintered at 1150 °C, the content of foaming agent was 0.2wt%, the ratio of water to material was 0.9, and the compressive pressure and porosity were the better.

Abstract: In order which aim to save land resource and use low grade nature resource to realize high cost performance product. In this paper, the molding method of quartz sand fired brick is discussed. As the plastic (hand pressing) is only used to manually beat the mud mass, the sludge is squeezed by hand. Into the mold and molding and cold isostatic pressure molding pressure of 100 MPa, The difference is far away, which makes the gaps between the particles close to each other greatly different, the pressure of hand-press molding is small, the voids in the blank after molding are large and the hole diameter is large, and the green compact density of the brick body is small. The compact densities of the 65MPa and 150MPa pressed brick bodies are all lower than 100MPa, but 150MPa is still denser than 65MPa. The compressive strength is first increased and then decreased with increasing the molding pressure, when the pressure is 100 MPa, the maximum compressive strength is achieved at 100 MPa achieves the highest point.

Abstract: The sintering methods of quartz sand porous ceramics were researched with the low grade quartz sand along the Yangtze River via the vacuum sintering method in this paper, which lay technology foundation for researching new heat insulating materials. The quartz porous ceramics is obtained with the high performance cost, the quartz porous ceramics is sintered at 1050°C via the vacuum conditions, the density of ceramics is 1.267g/cm³, the porosity is 51.6%, the compressive strength is 3.184MPa, the porous ceramics show the homogeneous distribution micro-pore and good shape. The density and the compressive strength of prepared ceramics via the vacuum sintering both are higher than that of prepared ceramics via the atmosphere sintering, however, the porosity is shown the opposite results.