1. Effect of iron oxide content on the crystallisation of a diopside glass–ceramic glaze
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Romero, M., Rincón, J. Ma., and Acosta, A.
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FERRIC oxide , *IRON oxides , *PARTICLES (Nuclear physics) , *SCANNING electron microscopy , *IRON oxide glazes - Abstract
The effect of iron oxide content on the crystallisation of a diopside glass–ceramic glaze was investigated using a glass–ceramic frit in the K2O–ZnO–MgO–CaO–Al2O3–SiO2 system and a granite waste glass. Measurements by X-ray diffraction (XRD) combined with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and EDX microanalysis showed that the distribution of Fe3+ ions among different crystalline phases such as franklinite (ZnFe2O4) and hematite Fe2O3 depends on the iron content in the original diopside mixture. Thus, the original glaze crystallises to franklinite or hematatite when iron content is greater than 2 and 15%, respectively. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2002
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