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Clayey materials from the Sierra de la Demanda Range (Spain): their potential as raw materials for the building ceramics industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

R. Artigas ,
M. Rodas ,
C. J. Sánchez ,
R. Mas ,
M. Dondi  and
J. Arribas
R. Artigas
Affiliation:
Crystallography and Mineralogy Department, Geological Sciences Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
M. Rodas
Affiliation:
Crystallography and Mineralogy Department, Geological Sciences Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
C. J. Sánchez*
Affiliation:
Applied Mineralogy Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Faculty, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Avd. Camilo José Cela, E-13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
R. Mas
Affiliation:
Stratigraphy Department, Geological Sciences Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
M. Dondi
Affiliation:
Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, CNR-ISTEC, via Granarolo 64, 48018 Faenza, Italy
J. Arribas
Affiliation:
Petrology Department, Geological Sciences Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
*
*E-mail: [email protected].
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Abstract

This work describes the possible use of thick Early Cretaceous clay deposits, which occur in the southern sector of the Sierra de la Demanda range, as raw materials in the manufacture of ceramic articles. The global mineralogical composition is characterized by high proportions of phyllosilicates and quartz with variable quantities of feldspars, carbonates and hematite. The clay mineralogy differentiates two types of raw materials: illitic clay and kaolinitic-illitic clay. A granulometric distribution in the 2–60 µm fraction, good behaviour during the drying stage and acceptable results in firing tests confirmed that most samples can be utilized as raw material in the building ceramics industry. The range of suitable firing temperatures for these materials is 950–1000°C, a temperature which needs to be raised for samples with a high percentage of kaolinite and quartz. Moreover, other materials with abundant calcite (20–30%) are suitable for use as modifiers of some properties or colour.

Keywords

illitic clayskaolinitic-illitic claysceramic propertiesfluvial systemsCameros river basinSpain
Type
Research Article
Information
Clay Minerals , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , March 2005 , pp. 25 - 41
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2005

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