Abstract
The present work represents a study of the influence of ammonium fluoride on the thermal behaviour of kaolinite by using a derivatograph. The sintering of kaolinite with ammonium fluoride was found to be complicated. Different products of sintering are obtained, depending on the temperature and the amount of ammonium fluoride. They were identified microscopically and by using a Siemens Crystalloflex diffratometer. These include an ammonium aluminium fluoride complex, cryptohalite, aluminium fluoride, mullite, topaz and corundum. The DTA curves (using kaolinite and ammonium fluoride mixes of ratio 1:1) indicate the formation of the ammonium aluminum fluoride complex and cryptohalite at 120–280°C and the appearance of aluminium fluoride, topaz and mullite at 640°C. The intensive formation of topaz takes place at 750°C and its subsequent dissociation at 940°C with corundum formation. The very small endothermic peak at 1010°C represents the formation of mullite. In experiments using mixes of kaolinite—ammonium fluoride in the ratios 1:1 and 1:1.3 the end-product of sintering consists of corundum and mullite. When using mixes of the ratio 1:1.7, aluminium fluoride constitutes the main composition of the end-product.
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