Assessment of the effectiveness of producing mineral fillers via pulverization for ceramic coating materials

Abstract

The effectiveness of employment of mechano-chemical activation in the production of high temperature ceramic coating materials was assessed. The properties of mineral fillers are directly dependant on the choice of activation variables. Mathematical modeling was employed for optimization of ultra-centrifugal pulverization and determination of optimal characteristics of investigated materials. The properties of treated resources were mathematically correlated to the variations in their granulometry. The dependencies between the set of the activation parameters and characteristics of a material were mathematically modeled and estimated. Chemometric methods were employed in the calculations. The samples are classified by Principal Component Analysis, while comprehensive comparison between analyzed samples was achieved by Response Surface Method and Standard Score. Mathematical models predict the quality parameters of activated powders with high accuracy in a broad range of processing parameters. The r2 values were in the range from 0.71 to 0.98 for established models for processing of talc, mica, fly ash and alumina powders. The set of processing parameters related to the 120 Μm sieve mesh size was selected as optimal procedure with acquired standard score values 0.7 for mica, 1.0 for talc, 0.9 for fly ash and alumina. Optimal processing parameters can diminish the negative effect of raw materials inherent properties on the target score, which in return enhances energetic and economic sustainability of the mechano-chemical activation of resource materials utilized in the production of ceramic coating materials.