Abstract:
The low grade aluminous rocks in Guizhou Xiuwen area were used as the main raw materials to prepare magnesia spinel ceramics by high temperature sintering. The ratio of raw materials and the sintered products were studied and analyzed. Then the compression, bending resistance and water absorption were measured. The experimental results showed that the sintering temperature was 1 200℃. The best proportions of raw materials were 60.86% low grade aluminum rock, 28.68% kaolin, 2.46% quartz, and 8% dolomite powder. The water absorption of ceramics was 0.4%, the compressive strength was 49.1 MPa, and the flexural strength was 8.2 MPa. The analysis results of XRD indicated that the main compositions of the sample were magnesium-alumina spinel (MgAl
2O
4), pointe olivine (Mg
2SiO
4) and quartz (SiO
2) with proportions of 55%, 25% and 20%, respectively.