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Heating rate effect during sintering on the technological properties of Brazilian red ceramics

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Unbalanced energy consumption in the production of ceramic artifacts is responsible for considerable undesirable impacts, such as increased emissions of polluting gases, excessive consumption of fuel materials, land degradation, and unpredictable financial costs. By contrast, the practice of optimizing the ceramic sintering, which in associated with firing of high temperature, can result in increased productivity and reduced production costs preserving an environmentally friendly production system. Moreover, it allows further improvements in the quality of the final product. This work compares the effect of different sintering cycles, with heating rates of 2, 15, and 30 °C/min, on the technological properties of a Brazilian industrial clay ceramic body. Initially the clay ceramic specimens were characterized in terms of mineralogical, chemical, and physical properties. Specimens were prepared by extrusion and fired at temperatures of 800, 900, and 1000 °C. The evaluated properties by standard tests were water absorption, post-firing linear shrinkage, and flexural strength. It was found that owing to sintering carried out at higher heating rates, red ceramic products with superior technological properties were obtained. This is an unprecedented conclusion for common clay ceramics produced in Brazil. Based on the promising obtained results, in a clear and detailed way, the benefits of rapid sintering cycle application for conventional brick production are evidenced.

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  1. LAMAV -Engineering Advanced Materials Laboratory, UENF - State University of the Northern Rio de Janeiro, Av. Alberto Lamego, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, 2000, 28013-602, Brazil

    Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Guimarães, Geovana Carla Girondi Delaqua, Lucas Fonseca Amaral, Angelus Giuseppe Pereira da Silva, José Nilson França de Holanda & Carlos Maurício Fontes Vieira

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    Afonso Rangel Garcez de Azevedo

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    Sergio Neves Monteiro

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Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Guimarães and Sergio Neves Monteiro: methodology and investigation; Lucas Fonseca Amaral and Claudio Luiz Melo Souza: writing—original draft preparation and methodology; Angelus da Silva and José Nilson: methodology; Geovana Carla Delaqua: writing—review and editing; Afonso R. G. de Azevedo: writing—review and editing and supervision; Carlos Maurício Fontes Vieira and Sergio Neves Monteiro: supervision.

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de Oliveira Guimarães, C.A., Delaqua, G.C.G., de Azevedo, A.R.G. et al. Heating rate effect during sintering on the technological properties of Brazilian red ceramics. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 119, 8125–8135 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-022-08793-1

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