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Thermal fatigue behaviour of a Kenyan kaolinite clay
(1999)
The thermal fatigue resistance for a Kaolinite clay-based refractory used for then1lfl1 insulation
in local (Kenyan) firewood cooking stoves has been studied by subjecting them to a water quench
to predict their values ...
Thermal conductivity of a kaolinite refractory: effect of a plant-derived organic binder
(2003)
The effect of corchorus olitorius derived binder on the effective thermal conductivity of a
kaolinite-based refractory was investigated. Strong dependence of (effective) thermal
conductivity of fired samples on the binder ...
Ultrasonic attenuation in Kenyan clay refractories
(1999)
Ultrasonic attenuation in clay refractories fabricated under different processing parameters has been measured. It was established that refractory clay samples with high compaction efficiencies (CE) were less attenuating ...
Thermal shock behaviour of a kaolinte refractory prepared using a natural organic binder
(Springer, 2006)
The thermal shock resistance of a kaolinite-based refractory prepared with a binder derived from a plant (corchorus olitorius) was investigated. Thermal shock tests employing water-quenching technique were performed at ...
An Investigation of Thermal Shock in Porous Clay Ceramics
(2011)
The thermal shock resistance of porous ceramic materials is often characterized by the Hasselman parameters. However, in other
scenarios,the room-temperature residual strengths after thermal shock are also used to quantify ...
Controlled Texturing of Aluminum Sheet for Solar Energy Applications
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Aluminum sheets were polished to reduce ruggedness and then textured in varying acid-ethanol
concentration etchant to form pores. The textured surface was characterized structurally by using
X-ray diffraction (XRD)which ...
Fracture strength of porous ceramics: stress concentration vs minimum solid area models
(2004)
In this study, we have reviewed recently published strength-porosity data of porous
ceramics, and compared these data with those computed from both the minimum contact solid area
(MCA) and the pore stress concentration ...