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The relationship between the constitution of brickmaking clays and firing properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

R. W. Nurse
R. W. Nurse*
Affiliation:
Building Research Station, Garston, Watford, Herts
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Abstract

Seven brickmaking clays from various geological horizons have been studied by differential thermal and X-ray methods. The minerals detected included kaolinite, illite, montmorillonite, chlorite, swelling chlorite, calcite and quartz, and rough estimates were made of the quantities present. For the same clays, deformation-under-load was measured at four different heating rates, and strength and water absorption were determined on fired blocks. No correlation between the firing properties and mineralogical constitution is observable.

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Research Article
Information
Clay Minerals Bulletin , Volume 4 , Issue 23 , July 1960 , pp. 127 - 133
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1960

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