Kaolin clays: elaboration of geopolymers with kaolin sand
Abstract
The following research work presents the difference between kaolinite, kaolin, kaolin sand and metakaolin. Studies were carried out on a representative sample of kaolin sand, using different characterization techniques, such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The powder is calcined at two temperatures at 800 and 1000 °C, analyzing the crystallography of each sample. A geopolymer is made from metakaolin at different temperatures, applying and not applying uniaxial pressure, in order to evaluate its compressive strength. The polymers present an average maximum compressive strength of 112.05 MPa.
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