Resistance to Synthetic Seawater Aggression of Clay Ceramics Incorporated with an Ornamental Stone Residue

Abstract:

Clay ceramic materials exposed to a marine environment may be subjected to complete degradation due to the presence of chloride salts in the air. The exposition allows the chloride to penetrate in structural pores causing an internal expansion, which eventually split the ceramic apart. In open air, the solar radiation as well as the rain and wind contribute to accelerate the degradation process. In the present work the laboratory assisted degradation of clay ceramics incorporated with a granite residue from ornamental stone processing was evaluated by synthetic seawater aggression according to standard procedure. The amount of incorporated residues, up to 10 wt % and the ceramic firing temperature, up to 900°C, were variable conditions statistically analyzed by factorial planning. Degradation wetting-drying tests were conducted up to 6 months. The results showed that the linear shrinkage of the residue-free ceramics do not stabilize during the test period for any firing temperature. By contrast, the residue-incorporated ceramics tend to stabilize after 4 months. In addition, a decrease in water absorption and flexural strength was observed in same speciemens.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 798-799)
• Pages: 269-274
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.798-799.269
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Gustavo de Castro Xavier*, Jonas Alexandre, Paulo César de Almeida Maia, Fernando Saboya Albuquerque, Leonardo Gonçalves Pedroti, Afonso Rangel Garcez de Azevedo, Sergio Neves Monteiro
• Keywords: Chemical Attach, Clay Ceramic, Ornamental Stone Residue, Resistance to Seawater

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