Effect of Sintering Process and Additives on the Properties of Cordierite Based Ceramics

BaltSilica 2011 : Book of Abstracts of the 5th Baltic Conference on Silicate Materials 2011
Ingunda Šperberga, Gaida Maruta Sedmale, Māris Rundāns, Lauma Lindiņa, Ints Šteins

Cordierite (2MgO∙2Al2O3∙5SiO2) is a magnesium aluminium silicate possessing an extremely low thermal expansion, low thermal conductivity and high thermal shock resistance. Properties of cordierite based ceramics are greatly dependent on the composition and nature of starting materials, additives and sintering method. The main purpose of the present study is to produce cordierite ceramics using different (traditional ceramic or pressureless and spark plasma sintering) obtaining processes and mineral raw materials of Latvia (dolomites and clays) as the cheap additives.

Keywords
Cordierite ceramics, sintering process, mineral raw materials

Šperberga, I., Sedmale, G., Rundāns, M., Lindiņa, L., Šteins, I. Effect of Sintering Process and Additives on the Properties of Cordierite Based Ceramics. In: BaltSilica 2011 : Book of Abstracts of the 5th Baltic Conference on Silicate Materials, Latvia, Rīga, 23-25 May, 2011. Rīga: RTU Izdevniecība, 2011, pp.88-89. ISSN 2243-6057.

Publication language
English (en)