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Effect of calcination and sintering temperature on porosity and microstructure of porcelain tiles

  • Ramazan Durgun

    Ramazan Durgun, born in 1988, is a master candidate at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey. His primary research area is properties of ceramic materials.

    und Serkan Abalı

    Serkan Abalı, born in 1978, is an Assistant Professor at the Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey. He obtained his Doctorate degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the Yildiz Technical University in 2008. His study focuses on the mechanical properties and durability of structural ceramics.

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Abstract

Porcelain tiles are prepared from kaolin, silica sand, feldspar, clay raw materials, and various additives. Ceramic powders are calcined at different temperatures after grinding, drying, and sieving. After the powders are formed and dried, they are sintered at different temperatures. Firing shrinkage (FS), water absorption (WA), and three-point flexure tests of the samples are compared. The mineralogical definitions are completed by performing a phase analysis via X-ray diffraction (XRD). After the microstructural investigations, pore-sizes and distributions are examined by the Barrett–Joyner–Halenda (BJH) method. The powder sintering process increases the crystallization of the compact material. Low porosity and high strength structures are obtained for the samples with powder calcination temperatures of 800 and 900 °C and a compact sintering temperature of 1200 °C. The pore volume increases by increasing the powder calcination temperature in samples compact-sintered at 1200 °C. When the powder calcination temperature of these samples is increased to 1000 °C, the flexural strength decreases. Therefore, the powder sintering temperature of 900 °C is the critical value.


Corresponding author: Serkan Abalı, Materials Science and Engineering, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey, E-mail:

Funding source: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

Award Identifier / Grant number: FYL-2020-3187

About the authors

Ramazan Durgun

Ramazan Durgun, born in 1988, is a master candidate at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey. His primary research area is properties of ceramic materials.

Serkan Abalı

Serkan Abalı, born in 1978, is an Assistant Professor at the Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey. He obtained his Doctorate degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the Yildiz Technical University in 2008. His study focuses on the mechanical properties and durability of structural ceramics.

Acknowledgment

The authors thank R. Dalmış for his contribution.

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: The authors are grateful for the financial support by Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, The Scientific Research Coordination Unit, Project number: FYL-2020-3187.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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