Effect of Different Firing Temperature on Thermal Conductivity of Ceramic Tiles

Abstract:

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of different firing temperature on thermal conductivity of ceramic tiles. The body formulation powders of ceramic tiles were made according to the formulation given by company and compacted at 18 MPa using pressing machine in order to obtain button shape specimen with 50 mm diameter. The button shape specimen was fired at different firing temperature which 1150°C, 1175°C, 1200°C and 1225°C. Then, the thermal conductivity of fired specimens was measured by using Hot-Disk Thermal Constant Analyzer. Thermal conductivity result shows that the ceramic tile body fired at 1150 °C producing the lowest thermal conductivity values (0.97 W/mK) in comparison with other specimens. This low thermal conductivity performance is due to the high porosity value in the specimen as a result of more trapped air and implies delaying the heat transfer either inward or outward from the ceramic tiles. Therefore, this study proved that by altering firing temperature, different thermal conductivity values of ceramic tiles were obtained.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1010)
• Pages: 665-671
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1010.665
• Online since: September 2020
• Authors: Khairul Anuar Shariff, Muhammad Syahir Juhari*, Lynette Wei Ling Chan, Shah Rizal Kasim
• Keywords: Ceramic Tile, Firing Temperature, Heat Transfer, Porosity, Thermal Conductivity

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