Mineralogy and geotechnical characteristics of some pottery clay

ADEAGBO, Mujib Olamide and OLA, Samuel Akinlabi and OJURI, Olumide Oluwapelumi (2016) Mineralogy and geotechnical characteristics of some pottery clay. Leonardo Electronic Journal of Practices and Technologies, 29. pp. 61-78. ISSN 1583-1078

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Abstract

The physical properties of soils, which are tremendously influenced by the active clay minerals in soil, are of great importance in geotechnical engineering. This paper investigates the clay-sized particles of the Igbara-Odo pottery clay, and compares results obtained with available data on the bulk sample, to determine their correlation and underline the dependence of the geotechnical properties of the bulk clay material on the clay-sized particles. The bulk clay sample consists of 52% sand-size particles, 21% silt and 27% clay. Analysis of the clay-sized particles and the bulk materials shows: specific gravity of 2.07 and 2.66, liquid limit of 91.0% and 33.0%, plastic limit of 27.5% and 14.3%, plasticity index of 63.5% and 18.7% and a linear shrinkage of 7.9% and 5.4%, for both clay-sized particles and bulk clay respectively. The activity value of the clay material (0.64) suggests the presence of Kaolinite and Ilite; and these were confirmed with X-Ray diffraction on the bulk sample and clay-sized particles. X-Ray diffraction patterns shows distinctive peaks which highlight the dominance of Kaolinite (with 8 peaks) in the pottery clay sample for both clay-sized particles and bulk material; while traces of other clay minerals like Illite and Halloysite and rock minerals like Mica, Feldspar and Chrysotile were also found. These results suggest that the clay possesses high viability in the manufacturing of ceramics, refractory bricks, paper, fertilizer and paint. The clay material can be used as a subgrade in road construction, since it possesses low swelling characteristics.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Clay fraction; Geotechnical properties; Mineralogy; Pottery clay
Subjects: A General Works > AM Museums (General). Collectors and collecting (General)
N Fine Arts > NC Drawing Design Illustration
N Fine Arts > ND Painting
Divisions: Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Art
Depositing User: Mr. Victor Sebiotimo
Date Deposited: 13 Mar 2019 11:42
Last Modified: 13 Mar 2019 11:42
URI: http://eprints.abuad.edu.ng/id/eprint/96

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