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Lightweight Structural Clay Products Made with Vermiculite
Author(s) -
ROBINSON GILBERT C.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1958.tb13522.x
Subject(s) - vermiculite , materials science , clay minerals , composite material , mineralogy , geology
Tests were made to determine desirable manufacturing procedures for structural clay units made from mixtures of clay and vermiculite. It was found that the use of correct manufacturing procedures would produce a structural unit with a bulk density approximately one‐half that of conventional structural clay products. Such a unit had a crushing strength in excess of 1500 lb. per sq. in. The unit could be easily sawed and machined and could be finished with glazes or engobes.