@inproceedings{7021b55776864440a6311dc726b4dfcc,
title = "Mica platelet-reinforced geopolymer composites",
abstract = "Composites of phlogopite mica platelets of composition KMg3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2 dispersed in potassium-based potassium geopolymer were fabricated. The platelet additions of up to 25 wt% were achieved which increased the flexure strength and thermal conductivity of pure potassium-based geopolymer. A maximum 3-point flexure strength at room temperature was measured as 11.4 MPa with a standard deviation of 0.34 MPa for 25 wt% mica additions. Heat treatments caused chemical decomposition and water loss at temperatures up to 700 °C and eventual formation of glassy and crystalline leucite at 1000°C. A maximum post-treatment strength of 10.7 MPa with a standard deviation of 0.52 MPa was obtained for the 1000°C heat-treated samples. The thermal conductivity increased from 0.24 ± 0.000 W/mK for pure K-based geopolymer to 0.30 ± 0.008 W/mK, as a function of mica platelet additions up to 10 wt %.",
author = "Keane, {P. F.} and Kutyla, {G. P.} and Wight, {J. F.} and W. Rickard and Kriven, {W. M.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 by The American Ceramic Society.; Developments in Strategic Ceramic Materials II - 40th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, ICACC 2016 ; Conference date: 24-01-2016 Through 29-01-2016",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1002/9781119321811.ch2",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings",
publisher = "American Ceramic Society",
number = "7",
pages = "13--20",
editor = "Kriven, {Waltraud M.} and Jingyang Wang and Yanchun Zhou and Dongming Zhu and Gustavo Costa",
booktitle = "Developments in Strategic Ceramic Materials II - A Collection of Papers Presented at the 40th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, ICACC 2016",
edition = "7",
}