Characterization of a Quartzite Residue and its Application in Red Clay Ceramics

Abstract:

The fabrication of conventional red clay ceramics products for civil construction, such as bricks and roofing tiles, normally uses other raw materials like sand, in addition to clay, as a way to condition the final ceramic properties. Quartzite residues, from ornamental stone processing in the northeast region of Brazil, could be used as possible conditioner material for clay body in a ceramic industry owing to its similar characteristics to common sand. In the present work, complementing a recent publication on the same materials, a quartzite residue was characterized and its potential as a red clay ceramic addition was evaluated for different composition up to 40 wt%. The results indicated economical advantages in association with some technical benefits.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 805)
• Pages: 541-546
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.805.541
• Online since: September 2014
• Authors: Michelle Pereira Babisk*, Wagner Souza Ribeiro, Mariane Costalonga de Aguiar, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Carlos Maurício Fontes Vieira, Francisco Wilson Hollanda Vidal
• Keywords: Mineralogical Analysis, Quartzite Residues, Red Clay Ceramic, Technical Properties

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