1. Mineral raw materials for silicate ceramics

Knowledge of all the stages in the ceramic manufacturing process is very important for controlling the properties of the products manufactured. These properties are highly correlated with all the parameters used to control the paste production, shaping, drying and firing stages. At the same time, knowledge of the physico-chemical properties of the mineral raw materials used in the mixes is essential, particularly with regard to the influence of the detailed characteristics of these mineral materials on the parameters of the manufacturing processes.

The mineral raw materials on which silicate ceramic compositions are based are complex natural mixtures of minerals whose characterization requires the use of various methods to determine their chemical and mineralogical compositions, the structural characteristics of the mineral phases, their morphology and their surface...