Author(s): Roberto A Rojas* and Ramón P Garelli
This new advance in the theory of constitution in its elaboration of ceramic materials and specifically ceramic bricks is reinforced by this new investigation with SEM, DRX and EDX electron microscopy for brick samples made with materials from two different regions in Paraguay, the Western Region and the Eastern Region. It is intended to simplify the knowledge of the process and therefore help to develop new materials with these techniques using simple raw materials such as clay, sand and silt, and may be some other and new materials that help in the production process of ceramic materials. Analysis of characterization of raw materials, processed and finished materials, physical, chemical and mechanical tests such as compression resistance, bending of small-sized specimens manufactured in the laboratory and in real sizes in the factory were carried out. This continues with the series of investigations in ceramics and showed the stages of the process that involves obtaining the raw material, the elaboration of the ceramic process, storage, drying, wetting, kneading, sintering, and the physical and mechanical testing of the pieces made. The electron microscopy of the samples made at different temperatures in the laboratory compared to each other, lead us to analyze them from the nanoscopic point of view so that it approaches the theoretical knowledge of their formation in their processing and that influence their physical and mechanical properties. analyzed in this study.
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