Effect of Incorporation of Granite and Marble Rejects in Clay Brick Products: Physico-Mechanical Analysis

• Authors: S. Dhanapandian , C. Manoharan , T. Ramkumar , B. Gnanavel , P. Sutharsan , M. Shanthi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The objective of this work is to characterize and evaluate the effect of incorporation of granite and marble rejects on the properties and microstructure development of three different clay materials used to fabricate brick materials in the brick industry. The raw materials are characterized with respect to their chemical composition by X-ray fluorescence, particle size distribution and mineralogical composition by X-ray diffraction and plasticity. Compositions have been prepared with additions of 0, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 wt% reject in three different clay material from Tamilnadu State, India, and fired at temperatures from 500 to 900°C in laboratory furnace. The behaviour of mixtures containing 80 wt% clay material + 20 wt% reject is discussed in detail. The technological properties of briquette specimens such as flexural rupture strength, water absorption, porosity and bulk density were determined. The microstructure of the fired briquette specimens were observed by scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry, Mössbauer spectroscopy. The results of the above studies show that incorporations of granite and marble rejects up to 50 wt% is potential to the industrial clay brick products, with no major sacrifice on the properties of the final product, anticipating no costly modifications in the industrial production line.

Keywords

EN

81.70.Bt; 28.41.Kw; 76.80.+Y; 61.05.C-

Discipline

• 28.41.Kw: Radioactive wastes, waste disposal
• 61.05.C-: X-ray diffraction and scattering(for x-ray diffractometers, see 07.85.Jy; for x-ray studies of crystal defects, see 61.72.Dd, Ff)
• 81.70.Bt: Mechanical testing, impact tests, static and dynamic loads(see also 62.20.M- Structural failure of materials; 46.50.+a Fracture mechanics, fatigue, and cracks)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 118
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 688-695

Dates

published

2010-10

received

2010-02-23

(unknown)

2010-05-13

Contributors

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S. Dhanapandian

• Department of Physics, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, India

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C. Manoharan

• Department of Physics, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, India

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T. Ramkumar

• Department of Earth Sciences, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, India

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B. Gnanavel

• Department of Physics, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, India

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P. Sutharsan

• Department of Physics, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, India

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M. Shanthi

• FEAT, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, India

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.118.688