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The Effects of Aluminium Fluoride on the Thermal Behaviour of Kaolin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

A. Bien
Affiliation:
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
W. L. De Keyser
Affiliation:
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
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Abstract

A systematic study has been made of the effects of aluminium fluoride on the thermal behaviour of kaolin, using differential thermal, thermogravimetric, X-ray and electron microscope techniques. It is shown that mullite can be formed at a temperature as low as 600°C; that in the presence of aluminium fluoride the exothermic reaction occurs at a lower temperature and is reduced in size; that the size of the mullite crystals is increased as a result of pretreatment with aluminium fluoride.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1962

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