Influence of mineralogy and firing temperature on the porosity of bricks

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 547-564

  Cultrone, Giuseppe ^a   Sebastián, Eduardo ^a   Elert, Kerstin ^a   de la Torre, Maria José ^b   Cazalla, Olga ^a   Rodriguez Navarro, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bricks; Clays; Electron microscopy; Microstructure final; Porosity

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; COMPOSITION; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MINERALOGY; PORE SIZE; POROSITY;

MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION;

BRICK;

CERAMICS; POROSITY;

EID: 0142259917     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2219(03)00249-8     Document Type: Article

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