Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1474508 Journal of the European Ceramic Society 2011 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

Specific heats of four clays (standard reference kaolins, commercial kaolin and montmorillonite) before and after dehydroxylation have been measured. The results were compared with handbook data for the thermal chemical properties of solids. Good agreement has been obtained for the reference kaolin before any thermal treatment. Then, following thermal treatments at 500 °C, 600 °C and 700 °C, dehydroxylation leads to a progressive decrease of heat capacity per unit mass. After dehydroxylation, heat capacity values for all the studied materials are rather similar and agree closely with those estimated by the rule of mixtures. Finally, an empirical relation describing the specific heat capacity (C) in J kg−1 K−1 of dehydroxylated kaolin from 40 °C to 1100 °C is proposed: C = 1128 + 0.102T − 36 × 106T−2 where T is in K.

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