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In this thesis, the characterization of electrical porcelain insulators based on local clays has been investigated. Test samples were made by varying the quantities of feldspar and silica required to form a mouldable plastic body with each clay sample. The clay samples were bisque fired which is to 900°C and glazed before it was fired to 1250°C after air-drying. An electrical property such as dielectric strength (breakdown voltage) was determined for each test sample that survived the high temperature. The composition for optimum properties from Ekwulobia and Iva Valley clays each is at composition 3 of 60% clay, 25% feldspar and 15% silica; while for Nawfija clay, the composition for optimum properties was 50% clay, 30% feldspar and 20% silica. Porcelain insulators containing 50-70% clay, 20-30% feldspar and 10-20% silica were found to have requisite properties that make them suitable for domestic production of porcelains insulators from the clay samples studied.
Composite material, Dielectric, Compaction Characteristics, Utilization of Waste Materials in Construction and Ceramics, Engineering, Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Earth-Surface Processes, Civil and Structural Engineering, FOS: Nanotechnology, Geology, Building and Construction, Geomycology in Cultural Heritage Conservation, Quartz, FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences, Mineralogy, Materials science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Clay minerals, Clay, dielectric, feldspar, porcelain, silica, translucent, vitrification., Feldspar, Physical Sciences, Geotechnical Engineering and Road Construction, Characterization (materials science)
Composite material, Dielectric, Compaction Characteristics, Utilization of Waste Materials in Construction and Ceramics, Engineering, Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Earth-Surface Processes, Civil and Structural Engineering, FOS: Nanotechnology, Geology, Building and Construction, Geomycology in Cultural Heritage Conservation, Quartz, FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences, Mineralogy, Materials science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Clay minerals, Clay, dielectric, feldspar, porcelain, silica, translucent, vitrification., Feldspar, Physical Sciences, Geotechnical Engineering and Road Construction, Characterization (materials science)
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