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Mechanical behaviour of porous kaolin-based ceramics for potential catalysts support applications

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In this study, porous kaolin-based ceramic support materials were successfully fabricated using conventional sintering techniques. The support materials were prepared using two different weight per cent (wt.%) of sawdust addition (10–20 wt.%), compacted at 10–20 MPa and sintered at 900 and 1000 °C. The physical and mechanical properties of the support materials as formed by sintering were examined, while the failure rate of the fabricated support materials was determined using Weibull statistical tool. The experimental data show that the best result for the hardness and fracture toughness was obtained as 0.409 GPa and 0.835 MPa·m1/2 for supports sintered at 1000 °C with 20 wt. % pore formers. The mass loss for the support materials with the best properties was reported to be about 5%, making the support a potential material for use as catalyst support. The Weibull modulus (m) obtained for the ceramic support was in a range of 2.75–4.00, indicating that the samples had a lower failure rate than most ceramic support materials with a Weibull modulus of more than 6. The control samples and samples with the inclusion of pore formers demonstrated acoustic emission (AE) response during the entire cooling process during the acoustic emission test.

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Shell Office in Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, both of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, for providing facilities to carry out this study. In addition, the authors acknowledge the support of the Research and Administrative Assistants, in addition to the Industrial Training Students (2021 cohort) at the Multifunctional Materials Laboratory under the TETFund Project (NRF_SETI_HSW_00714, 2020).

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, 810222, Zaria, Nigeria

    David O. Obada, Kazeem A. Salami, Abdulmumin A. Alabi & Ayodeji N. Oyedeji

  2. Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, 810222, Zaria, Nigeria

    David O. Obada

  3. Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Shell Office Complex, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, 810222, Zaria, Nigeria

    David O. Obada, Kazeem A. Salami & Ayodeji N. Oyedeji

  4. Department of Physics, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 949 01, Nitra, Slovakia

    Stefan Csaki & Tomáš Hulan

  5. Central Pollution Control Board, 110032, Delhi, India

    Alok K. Meher

  6. Department of Horticultural Machinery, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, Valticka 337, 691 44, Lednice, Czech Republic

    Stefan Csaki

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DO.O: conceptualization, methodology, data curation, writing- original draft, investigation, reviewing and editing, supervision; KA.S: conceptualization, methodology, data curation; writing- original draft; AA.A: data curation, supervision; AN.O: data curation, reviewing and editing. S.C; data curation, reviewing and editing; T.H: data curation; AK.M: reviewing and editing.

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Obada, D.O., Salami, K.A., Alabi, A.A. et al. Mechanical behaviour of porous kaolin-based ceramics for potential catalysts support applications. J. Korean Ceram. Soc. 60, 99–112 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43207-022-00248-3

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