Effect of Firing Temperatures on Physical Properties and Phase Evolutions of Fine Stoneware Bodies

Abstract:

Four formulas of the stoneware bodies were formulated with and without an increasing amount of lithium oxide. The bodies were designed to vitrify at the temperature lower than 1150°C. A comparison on the physical properties and the phase formation of the bodies after firing at the temperature of 1100°C, 1150°C, and 1200°C was studied. The experiment results showed that the bodies containing lithium oxide vitrified at lower temperature and showed less variation in water absorption, density, and shrinkage values in the firing range 1100-1200°C. The XRD results showed that, at 1100°C, all the bodies composed of mullite, albite, and quartz. A reduction in the amount of albite and quartz associated with mullite formation was observed when increasing the amount of lithium oxide or the temperature. Furthermore, the body with lithium oxide tended to have higher value of the Modulus of Rupture.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 608)
• Pages: 114-121
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.608.114
• Online since: April 2014
• Authors: Lada Punsukumtana*, Sansanee Rugthaicharoencheep, Wanna T. Saengchantara, Netnapha Suphanam, Krongkarn Sirinukunwattana, Sasithorn Pharaboon
• Keywords: Crystal Phase, Fine Stoneware, Lithium Oxide, Low Temperature Ceramic

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