Novel mullite ceramic foams with high porosity and strength using only fly ash hollow spheres as raw material

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 2035-2042

  Huo, Wenlong ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyan ^a   Chen, Yugu ^a   Lu, Yuju ^a   Liu, Jingjing ^a   Yan, Shu ^a   Wu, Jia Min ^b   Yang, Jinlong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ceramic foams; Fly ash hollow sphere; Mechanical strength; Porosity; Solid waste utilization

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FLY ASH; MULLITE; POROSITY; SILICATE MINERALS; SINTERING; SOLID WASTES; SPHERES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; HIGH MECHANICAL STRENGTH; HOLLOW SPHERE; LINEAR SHRINKAGE; PORE-FORMING AGENTS; SINTERING METHODS; SINTERING TEMPERATURES;

CERAMIC FOAMS;

EID: 85032893655     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: 1873619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.11.002     Document Type: Article

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