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Recycling of Secondary Aluminium Production Waste in Processing of Mullite Based Refractory Ceramics

Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: This work describes the studies to reuse secondary aluminium production waste (SAPW) derived from aluminium casting processes in the fabrication of mullite-based refractory ceramics.SAPW was characterized by using particle size analysis, X-ray diraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray uorescence (XRF).Secondary aluminium production waste (SAPW), quartz and Grolleg kaolin were mixed stoichiometrically, according to chemical formula of mullite (3Al2O3 • 2SiO2) by ball milling.Cylindrical samples were consolidated by uniaxial dry pressing and sintered at dierent temperatures (up to 1350 • C).The phase and microstructural evolution, water absorption, bulk density, mechanical properties of sintered samples were investigated and refractory ceramics based on mullite were obtained.
Institution: Sakarya University
Language: English
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1126045742
FWCI: 1.355
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Cited by: 5
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