Influence of raw material type and of the overall chemical composition on phase formation and sintered microstructure of mullite aggregates

Ceramics International

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2007-2015

  Ganesh, Ibram ^a,b   Ferreira, José M F ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ball clay; Beach sand sillimanite; China clay; D. Mullite; Double stage firing process

Indexed keywords

BALL CLAY; BEACH SAND SILLIMANITE; CHINA CLAY; D. MULLITE; DOUBLE-STAGE FIRING PROCESS;

ALUMINOSILICATES; APARTMENT HOUSES; BEACHES; BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION; CLAY; IMPURITIES; MULLITE; SAND; SILICATE MINERALS; SINTERING; SODIUM; SPEECH ANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER TREATMENT;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 67349255713     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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