Estudo de formulação de massa para aplicação em placas cerâmicas

The sector of civil construction is strongly related to the red ceramic industry. This sector uses clay as raw material for manufacturing of various products such as ceramic plates. In this study, two types of clay called clay 1 and clay 2 were collected on deposit in Ielmo Marinho city (RN) and then characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TG/DTG), differential thermal analysis (DTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), rational analysis and particle size distribution and dilatometric analyses. Ceramic plates were manufactured by uniaxial pressing and by extrusion. The plates obtained by pressing were produced from the four formulations called 1, 2, 3 and 4, which presented, respectively, the following proportions by mass: 66.5% clay 1 and 33.5% clay 2, 50% clay 1 and 50% clay 2, 33.5% clay 1 and 66.5% clay 2, 25% clay 1 and 75% clay 2. After firing at 850, 950 and 1050 °C with heating rate of 10 °C/min and soaking time of 30 minutes, the following technological properties were determined: linear firing shrinkage, water absorption, apparent porosity, apparent specific mass and tensile strength (3 points). The formulation containing 25% clay 1 produced plates with most satisfactory results of water absorption and mechanical resistance, because of that it was chosen for manufacturing plates by extrusion. A single firing cycle was established for these plates, which took place as follow: heating rate of 2 °C/min up to 600 ºC with soaking time of 60 minutes, followed by heating using the same rate up to 1050 ºC with soaking time of 30 minutes. After this cycle, the same technological properties investigated in the plates obtained by pressing were determined. The results indicate (according to NRB 13818/1997) that the plates obtained by pressing from the mixture containing 25 wt% clay 1, after firing at 1050 °C, reach the specifications for semi-porous coating (BIIb). On the other hand, the plates obtained by extrusion were classified as semi-stoneware (group AIIa)

Estudo da viabilidade técnica do uso das argilas da região do agreste potiguar para produção de peças cerâmicas: caracterização e formulação

In recent decades, ceramic products have become indispensable to the technological development of humanity, occupying important positions in scientific production and consequently in industrial production. One area of the economy that continues to absorb large amounts of the products of this sector is Construction. Among the branches of the ceramic industry, there are the red ceramic industry which is traditionally the basis of that economic sector. Among the reasons for which the red ceramic industry became popular in the country, and specifically in Rio Grande do Norte, is the abundance of this raw material, easily found throughout the national territory. However, it appears that the red ceramic industry has deficiencies in technology and skilled labor, resulting in the production of ceramic goods with low added value. Among the factors that determine the quality of the ceramic products red has the proper formulation of the ceramic mass, the conformation and the firing temperature. Thus, the overall goal of this work is to study the mineralogical and technological properties, two clays from the region of the Wasteland Potiguar industrial ceramist. Therefore, the raw materials were characterized by analysis of Xray diffraction (XRD) analysis, X-ray fluorescence (XRF), particle size analysis (FA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), optical microscopy (OM ), plasticity index (PI), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermal analysis (DTA). The technological properties of the material were analyzed by water absorption tests (AA%) porosity (% PA), the linear shrinkage (RT%), apparent density (MEA), loss on ignition (PF%) and flexural strength three points (TRF)

Sensibilidade de diferentes acessos de Egeria najas e Egeria densa aos herbicidas diquat e fluridone

O surgimento de novos genótipos de plantas daninhas aquáticas pertencentes ao gênero Egeria motivou a realização deste estudo, o qual teve como objetivo avaliar o comportamento de diferentes acessos das espécies de E. densa e E. najas em relação ao tratamento com os herbicidas diquat e fluridone. Foram avaliados acessos de diferentes biótipos de E. densa provindos dos reservatórios de Jupiá, Nova Avanhandava, Promissão e Salto Grande e de E. najas oriundos de Jupiá, Três Irmãos, Ilha Solteira e Ibitinga. O delineamento experimental adotado foi o inteiramente casualizado com cinco repetições. Os tratamentos e concentrações utilizados no estudo com E. densa e E. najas foram: diquat (Reward 240 g L-1) a 0,5 e 1,0 mg L-1 com reaplicação aos 12 dias após a primeira aplicação, e a concentração de fluridone mantida entre 3 e 20 mg L-1, além de uma testemunha sem aplicação de herbicidas. As duas espécies foram controladas de forma eficiente pelo herbicida diquat com uma ou duas aplicações, sendo ambas as concentrações eficientes, porém observaram-se respostas diferenciadas dos acessos estudados às concentrações do herbicida. Para o herbicida fluridone, as espécies e acessos estudados comportaram-se também de forma diferenciada em relação à ação do herbicida, ocorrendo acessos desde mediana a altamente suscetíveis em ambas as espécies.