Desenvolvimento de cerâmicas refratárias com substituição da argila refratária por sílica da casca de arroz, microfibras cerâmicas e fibras de aço: caracterização das propriedades físicas, mecânicas e térmicas

Abstract

This study aims to develop new refractory ceramic materials, through the use of waste resulting from the electricity generation from rice husk burning. Ceramic microfibers were introduced with the aim of improving the resistance to thermal shock. The samples are produced by uniaxial pressing method (20MPa), by replacing refractory clay for ashes of rice husks (20%), ceramic microfibers (20%), and steel fiber (1,8%, 3,8% and 5,6%). The sintered occurred at temperature of 1300º C. Samples physical properties will be evaluated through the apparent mass density tests, apparent porosity, water absorption, linear shrinkage after burning, mass variation and thermal conductivity. The mechanical properties are evaluated by the compressive strength test and three points flexural test. The thermal properties will be evaluated by the thermal shock resistance test. XRD analyzes showed that some silica was present in the mullite mixture and the rest remained as quartz. The results show that the addition of SCA resulted in a microstructure with low porosity and with high firing shrinkage. The ceramics with fibers presented high porosity and low firing shrinkage and thermal conductivity, even, lower than the reference ceramic. The ceramics with SCA presented high mechanical resistance, while the ceramics with steel fibers had more ductile behavior. Regarding the thermal shock resistance, the ceramics with steel fibers presented a significantly superior performance in relation to the ceramics without fibers.