Transactions on Engineering and Computer Science
Substantial Characterization of Sri Lankan Roof Tile Clay for Advanced Technological Uses
Abstract
Roof tile clays are the specific clay species among different clay types in Sri Lanka because of the applicability in the industry of roof tile manufacturing. The analysis of the chemical composition of the roof tile clays that available in the Dankotuwa region in Sri Lanka was the foremost objective of the existing research. There were characterized the representative clay samples using X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectrometer, X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer, and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrophotometer. As the basic outcomes of the existing research, mainly there were found the higher Fe content with other trace elements of Zr, Ba, Ti, and K presence of kaolinite and quartz as usual in most of the clays and the presence of glauconite, muscovite and marcasite as the other minerals. The roof tile clay may be alternatively applicable in the industries of electrical, ceramic, and water treatments because of the active progress of some of composed minerals and functional groups on such applications.
Keywords: Roof tile clay; X-ray diffraction (XRD) characterization; X-ray fluorescence (XRF) characterization; Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) characterization; Industrial uses
Journal Information
- Journal Name: Transactions on Engineering and Computer Science
- Journal Short Name: Trans Eng Comput Sci
- Language: English
- Format of Publication: Online
- Starting Year: 2020
- Focus Subject: Engineering and Computer Science
- Publication Model: Online
- Frequency of Publication: Two Issue a Year
- Review Process: Single blind peer-review by referees
- Time to 1st Decision: 2 to 3 weeks from date of submission
- Time to Acceptance: 4 to 6 weeks, depending upon the required revision cycles
- Time to Publication: 1 to 3 weeks from date of final submission in the forthcoming issue
- DOI Prefix: 10.7620
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