Ceramics Flashcards
PRIMARILY CONSIST OF METALLIC
AND NONMETALLIC ELEMENTS
Ceramics
ALSO CALLED THE CLAY PRODUCTS
OR SILICATE INDUSTRIES
Ceramic industry
CERAMIC INDUSTRY ALWAYS HAVE __________ AS THEIR FINISHED MATERIAL IN A VARIETY OF PRODUCTIONS
SILICATES
Demand for materials:
-WITHSTAND HIGHER TEMPERATURES,
-RESIST GREATER PRESSURES,
-HAS SUPERIOR MECHANICAL PROPERTIES,
-POSSESS SPECIAL ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS,
-OFFER PROTECTION AGAINST CORROSIVE CHEMICALS
When and where was the discovery of oldest known ceramic artifact
Early 28000 BC (Paleolithic period), Brno, Czech Republic
Oldest known ceramic artifact
VENUS OF DOLNÍ VĚSTONICE
In this location hundreds of clays representing ice age animals was discovered
Czech republic
15000 BC
Burnt claywares
Become engage wuth the arts of ceramics (5000BC)
Chinese and Egyptian
1920
PURE OXIDE REFRACTORIES,
METAL-BONDED OXIDES,
CARBIDES, NITRIDES, AND BORIDES
1924
Face brick attained 2.5 billion
1925
Common brick reached 7.6 billion
3 main raw ingredients ceramics
Clay
Feldspar
Sand
MORE OR LESS IMPURE HYDRATED ALUMINUM
SILICATES THAT HAVE RESULTED FROM THE
WEATHERING OF IGNEOUS ROCKS SUCH AS
FELDSPAR
Clay
PRODUCED
THROUGH
THE
HYDROLYSIS OF WEATHERING REACTIONS
OF IGNEOUS ROCKS
Clay
Different clay materials:
KAOLINITE (AL2O3 2SIO2 2H2O)
BEIDELLITE (AL2O3 3SIO2 H2O)
MONTMORILLONITE (AL2O3 4SIO2 H2O)
HALLOYSITE (AL2O3 2SIO2 3H2O)
CLAYS ARE ________ AND _______WHEN SUFFICIENTLY FINELY PULVERIZED
Plastic
Modable
CLAY IS WET, RIGID WHEN IT IS BEING _________
AIR-DRY
T&F. CLAY IS VITREOUS WHEN FIRED AT A SUITABLY HIGH TEMPERATURE
T
T&F. DIFFERENT CLAY BODIES “MATURE” AT SAME TEMPERATURES
F(DIFFERENT)
TERM USED TO IDENTIFY THAT AT A SPECIFIC TEMPERATURE, CLAY CAN BE FORMULATED TO PRODUCE NEW PRODUCTS
Mature
MOST BASIC CLAY MINERAL USED IN THE CERAMIC INDUSTRY
Kaolinite
Most abundant clay mineral
Kaolinite
BASED ON
MONTMORILLONITE CLAYS
Bentonite clay
THEY ARE USED TO SOME
EXTENT WHERE VERY HIGH PLASTICITY IS DESIRED
Bentonite clay
HELPS TO ACHIEVE THE REQUIRED PARTICULAR SIZE AND SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF RAW MATERIALS
Benefication
Benefication increase the clay content while whice decreasing the content of _________
Quartz
PROCESS OF BENEFICIATION OF CLAY CONSISTS OF:
Unit operation
ADDED AS THE APPROPRIATE
ADDITIONAL AGENTS USED TO CONTROL THE COLLOIDAL PROPERTIES OF
CLAY
Sodium silicate and aluminum
GROUP OF ALUMINOSILICATE MINERALS
THAT ALSO CONTAINS CALCIUM, SODIUM
AND POTASSIUM
Feldspar
MAKES UP MORE THAN HALF OF THE EARTH’S CRUST
Feldspar
MOST COMMON MINERAL IN THE EARTH’S
CRUST
Feldspar
3 common type of feldspar
POTASH FELDSPAR
SODA FELDSPAR
LIME
FELDSAPR
MOST COMMON TYPE OF FELDSPAR
Potash
Feldslar are greate importance as
Fluxing constituent
FORMS WHEN CLAY MINERALS ARE IN CONTANCT WITH EACH OTHER AND UNDERGOES METAMORPHISM
Mullite
T&F. PRESENCE OF FLUXES TENDS TO INCREASE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE FORMATION OF MULLITE AND INCREASES THE ATTAINMENT OF THE EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS
F(lower)
PROMOTES VITRIFICATION
Feldspar
TYPE OF MINERAL THAT NATURALLY CONSIST OF SILICA/ QUARTZ OR SIO2
Sand
Use for manufacturing light-colored ceramics
Sand with low iron content
150 TO 650°C
Dehydration or “chemical water smoking”
600 TO 900°C
Calcination
350 TO 900°C
Oxidation of ferrous iron and organic matter
900°C AND
HIGHER
Silicate formation