Porous geopolymer precursors were firstly prepared by the direct foaming method using bauxite,fly ash(FA),and metakaolin(MK)as raw materials,and porous mullite ceramics were prepared after ammonium ion exchange and th...Porous geopolymer precursors were firstly prepared by the direct foaming method using bauxite,fly ash(FA),and metakaolin(MK)as raw materials,and porous mullite ceramics were prepared after ammonium ion exchange and then high-temperature sintering.The effects of chemical foaming agent concentration,ion-exchange time,and sintering temperature on porous geopolymerderived mullite ceramics were studied,and the optimal preparation parameters were found.Studies have shown that the concentration of blowing agent had great influence on open porosity(q)and porosity and cell size distributions of geopolymer samples,which in turn affected their compressive strength(σ).Duration of the ion exchange had no obvious effect on the sintered samples,and the amount of mullite phase increased with the increase in the sintering temperature.Mullite foams,possessing an open-celled porous structure,closely resembling that of the starting porous geopolymers produced by directly foaming,were obtained by firing at high temperatures.Stable mullite(3Al_(2)O_(3)·2SiO_(2))ceramic foams with total porosity(ε)of 83.52 vol%,high open porosity of 83.23 vol%,and compressive strength of 1.72 MPa were produced after sintering at 1400 for 2 h in℃ air without adding any sintering additives using commercial MK,bauxite,and FA as raw materials.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52002090)the Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project (LBHZ19051)+2 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (XK21000210)the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars of Heilongjiang Province (2019QD0002)the open fund from Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology,Ministry of Education (XK2100021044).
文摘Porous geopolymer precursors were firstly prepared by the direct foaming method using bauxite,fly ash(FA),and metakaolin(MK)as raw materials,and porous mullite ceramics were prepared after ammonium ion exchange and then high-temperature sintering.The effects of chemical foaming agent concentration,ion-exchange time,and sintering temperature on porous geopolymerderived mullite ceramics were studied,and the optimal preparation parameters were found.Studies have shown that the concentration of blowing agent had great influence on open porosity(q)and porosity and cell size distributions of geopolymer samples,which in turn affected their compressive strength(σ).Duration of the ion exchange had no obvious effect on the sintered samples,and the amount of mullite phase increased with the increase in the sintering temperature.Mullite foams,possessing an open-celled porous structure,closely resembling that of the starting porous geopolymers produced by directly foaming,were obtained by firing at high temperatures.Stable mullite(3Al_(2)O_(3)·2SiO_(2))ceramic foams with total porosity(ε)of 83.52 vol%,high open porosity of 83.23 vol%,and compressive strength of 1.72 MPa were produced after sintering at 1400 for 2 h in℃ air without adding any sintering additives using commercial MK,bauxite,and FA as raw materials.