화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.106, 86-102, February, 2022
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2021.10.014  Export Citation
Improvement of sinterability and mechanical properties of magnesia-silicate ceramics with enstatite phase from mixtures of serpentinite with silica additives
T.V. Vakalova†, N.P. Sergeev, V.E. Maksimova, P.G. Rusinov1, and D.I. Balamygin1
  • National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Lenin Avenue, 30, 634050 Tomsk, Russia, Russian Federation
  • 1NIKA PetroTech, Tolmacheva Street, 222007U, 6620075 Yekaterinburg, Russia, Russian Federation
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The processes of obtaining a new type of ceramic proppants with high physical and mechanical properties based on serpentinite rocks, which were not previously used for this purpose are investigated. To increase the strength of ceramic materials, methods of improving the sintering of magnesia-silicate ceramics with a forsterite crystalline phase are considered. It was found that the activation of the sintering process is provided by the transformation of hard-to-sinter forsterite into enstatite. This is possible by adding of siliceous raw materials with different reactivity (quartz sand, marshalite, gaize and diatomite) to the pre-calcined serpentinite. The use of diatomite and gaize additives in an amount of 20.30% instead of quartz sand allows to reduce the firing temperature by 50-70 °C (from 1300-1350 °C to 1280 °C-12 50 °C) and ensure the mechanical strength of pressed specimens up to 440 MPa. This made it possible to develop compositions and technological parameters for obtaining magnesia-silicate proppants with a bulk density of 1.58.1.62 g/cm3 at a firing temperature of 1250-1300 °C, capable of withstanding breaking pressure up to 52 MPa.
Keywords:Serpentinite;Silica additives;Sintering;Mechanical strength;Proppant
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