Obiettivo ADOPTION OF THE RAW MATERIALS QUALITY TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN CERAMIC INDUSTRY. THE AIM OF THE RESEARCH IS TO ASCERTAIN: - WHICH PROPERTIES OF CLAY RAW MATERIALS DETERMINE THE FIELD OF APPLICATION AND HOW THIS DEPENDS ON THE MINERAL COMPOSITION; - WHICH PROCESSING METHODS, FOR A GIVEN MINERAL CONTENT, CAN CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF SUCH A RAW MATERIAL; - HOW THE PROPERTIES OF RAW MATERIALS CAN BE CHANGED; - HOW RAW MATERIALS FOR USE IN SPECIAL CERAMIC TECHNOLOGIES. THE RESEARCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STEPS: - DETERMINATION OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE CRUDE RAW MATERIALS: MINERAL AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION BY MEANS OF X-RAY DIFFRACTION, THERMAL ANALYSIS, IR-SPECTROSCOPY, SEM- AND POL-MICROSCOPY; - DETERMINATION OF THE GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF THE MINERALS WITHIN THE GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BULK MATERIAL BY MEANS OF ATTERBERG SEDIMENTATION AND X-RAY SEDIGRAPH; - DETERMINATION OF THE PROPERTIES WHICH ARE RELEVANT FOR SPECIAL APPLICATIONS SUCH AS STRENGTH OF UNFIRED BODIES, VISCOSITY, DENSIFICATION BY THE FORMING PROCESSES, FIRING PROPERTIES AND THE INTERDEPENDENCES OF THE COMPOSITION; - ENRICHMENT OF DESIRED COMPONENTS AND REMOVAL OF UNDERSIRED COMPONENTS ON THE BASIS OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE RESEARCH MENTIONED ABOVE BY CENTRIFUGING, FLOTATION, SLURRY-PROCESSES, MAGNETIC SEPARATION; - DETERMINATION OF THE PROPERTIES OF PREPARED MATERIALS WITH METHODS SUCH AS THOSE DESCRIBED FOR THE RAW MATERIALS; THIS RESEARCH PROJECT IS PART OF A COMMON PROGRAMME THAT HAS BEEN DRAW UP BY SEVERAL WELL-EQUIPPED RESEARCH CENTRES IN THE COMMUNITY TO WORK ON A CERTAIN NUMBER OF RAW MATERIALS. THE RESEARCH HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS: MINERALOGICAL ASPECTS - FRG, MSA-202-D SHAPING-RHEOLOGY - BELGIUM, MSA-208-B, HOLLAND, MSA-207-NL DRYING - FRANCE, MSA-203-F; MSA-204-F FIRING - UNITED KINGDOM, MSA-211-UK PROPERTIES OF FINISHED PRODUCTS - ITALY, MSAAA-206-I. Programma(i) PRE-RAWMAT 2C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the raw materials sector, 1982-1985 Argomento(i) Data not available Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento Data not available Coordinatore Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nürnberg Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Martensstraße 2 91058 ERLANGEN Germania Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato