The decomposition reaction of kaolinite has been investigated as a function of the defectivity of the starting material and the temperature of reaction. Time resolved energy-dispersive powder diffraction patterns have been measured using synchrotron radiation, both under a constant heating rate (heating rates from 10 to 100 degrees C/min) and in isothermal conditions (in the temperature range 500 to 700 degrees C). The apparent activation energy of the dehydroxylation process is different for kaolinites exhibiting a different degree of stacking fault density. The results of the analysis of the kinetic data indicate that the starting reaction mechanism is controlled by diffusion in the kaolinite particle. The diffusion process is dependent on the defective nature of both kaolinite and metakaolinite. At high temperatures, and at higher heating rates, the reaction mechanism changes and the resistance in the boundary layer outside the crystallites becomes the rate-limiting factor, and nucleation begins within the reacting particle. During the final stage of the dehydroxylation process the reaction is limited by heat or mass transfer, and this might be interpreted by the limited diffusion between the unreacted kaolinite domains and the metakaolinite matrix.

KINETIC-STUDY OF THE KAOLINITE-MULLITE REACTION SEQUENCE .1. KAOLINITE DEHYDROXYLATION / Bellotto, M; Gualtieri, Alessandro; Artioli, G; Clark, Sm. - In: PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF MINERALS. - ISSN 0342-1791. - 22:(1995), pp. 207-214. [10.1007/BF00202253]

KINETIC-STUDY OF THE KAOLINITE-MULLITE REACTION SEQUENCE .1. KAOLINITE DEHYDROXYLATION

GUALTIERI, Alessandro;
1995

Abstract

The decomposition reaction of kaolinite has been investigated as a function of the defectivity of the starting material and the temperature of reaction. Time resolved energy-dispersive powder diffraction patterns have been measured using synchrotron radiation, both under a constant heating rate (heating rates from 10 to 100 degrees C/min) and in isothermal conditions (in the temperature range 500 to 700 degrees C). The apparent activation energy of the dehydroxylation process is different for kaolinites exhibiting a different degree of stacking fault density. The results of the analysis of the kinetic data indicate that the starting reaction mechanism is controlled by diffusion in the kaolinite particle. The diffusion process is dependent on the defective nature of both kaolinite and metakaolinite. At high temperatures, and at higher heating rates, the reaction mechanism changes and the resistance in the boundary layer outside the crystallites becomes the rate-limiting factor, and nucleation begins within the reacting particle. During the final stage of the dehydroxylation process the reaction is limited by heat or mass transfer, and this might be interpreted by the limited diffusion between the unreacted kaolinite domains and the metakaolinite matrix.
1995
22
207
214
KINETIC-STUDY OF THE KAOLINITE-MULLITE REACTION SEQUENCE .1. KAOLINITE DEHYDROXYLATION / Bellotto, M; Gualtieri, Alessandro; Artioli, G; Clark, Sm. - In: PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF MINERALS. - ISSN 0342-1791. - 22:(1995), pp. 207-214. [10.1007/BF00202253]
Bellotto, M; Gualtieri, Alessandro; Artioli, G; Clark, Sm
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