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Properties and characterization of a clay raw material from Miličinica (Serbia) for use in the ceramic industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Maja Milošević  and
Mihovil Logar
Maja Milošević*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade, Đušina 7, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Mihovil Logar
Affiliation:
Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade, Đušina 7, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
*
*E-mail: maja.milosevic@rgf.bg.ac.rs
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Abstract

The present study focused on the assessment and possible applications of the clay from the Miličinica deposit, western Serbia. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Infrared (IR) spectroscopy, Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES), Differential Thermal Analysis and Thermogravimetry (DTA-TG) and High Temperature Microscopy (HTM) were used to characterize the clay in question. The physical properties determined were colour, plasticity, specific surface area, particle-size distribution and cation exchange capacity (CEC). Clay minerals are the main phases in the samples studied, with illite being the predominant phase and kaolinite being present in variable amounts. Quartz, feldspars, carbonates and iron-bearing minerals were also detected. Varied technological behaviours were expected because of the mineralogy (illite and iron contents), average grain size (0.6–0.7 µm), specific surface area (≈60 m2/g) and plasticity index (≈13%). The classification of the clays studied, based on the main characteristics and using appropriate diagrams, suggests that they are easily adaptable for ceramic processes.

Keywords

clayraw materialkaoliniteilliteceramic industry
Type
Research Article
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Clay Minerals , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , September 2017 , pp. 329 - 340
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2017

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