The effect of kaolin properties on their behaviour in ceramic processing as illustrated by a range of kaolins from the Santa Cruz and Chubut Provinces, Patagonia (Argentina)

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 143-158

  Dondi, Michele ^a   Iglesias, Claudio ^b   Dominguez, Eduardo ^c   Guarini, Guia ^a   Raimondo, Mariarosa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CERAMICS   (Italy)

^b Piedra Grande SA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ball clay; Ceramic properties; Drying behaviour; Kaolin; Methylene blue index; Plasticity; Slip rheology

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DRYING; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

DRYING BEHAVIOR; FLOWABILITY; SLIP RHEOLOGY;

KAOLIN;

CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; HALLOYSITE; KAOLIN; MINERALOGY; PLASTICITY;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; PATAGONIA; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 44349153830     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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