Characterization Porosity on Ceramic Body Stoneware Based Kalimantan Clay

Abstract

It has been made ceramic body stoneware using a mixture of Kalimantan clay, RRC feldspar, Belitung kaolin, Belitung quartz and Bukit Jimbaran limestone further coded BPC-1. This study aims to determine the value of dry shrinkage, the effect of sintering temperature of 900oC and 1200oC against firing shrinkage, and the influence of sintering temperature of 900oC and 1200oC against porosity in the ceramic body stoneware. Ceramic stoneware burned with a temperature variation of 900oC and 1200oC. The results show the value of dry shrinkage in ceramic stoneware of 2.9%. Stoneware ceramic firing shrinkage at a temperature of 900 oC combustion of 1.3%, and the combustion at a temperature 1200oC of 3.8%. Porosity ceramic stoneware at a temperature of 900oC combustion showed porosity of 10.5%, while the combustion at a temperature 1200oC of 5.5%. Show that the combustion temperature greatly affects the value of dry shrinkage, firing shrinkage and porosity of stoneware ceramics. The higher the combustion temperature the higher the shrinkage and the decreasing the porosity.