Experiment → 1-A5
1-A5
Output
Composition:
70% porcelain with 30% recycled brick waste aggregate.
This material samples contain a percentage of 30% of broken bricks found on a pill of rubbish on a construction side.
specs
Production Process:
• waste collection
• manual shredding process with a hammer to destroy the object into smaller pieces
• ceramic shredder (jaw crusher and than hammer mill machine) to get a fine waste ceramic powder at CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials
• Portioning: 100ml of ceramic paste with a composition of 30 % waste powder and 70% liquid raw material and additional 5-10% water
• slip casting mould
• drying phase
Firing:
• bisque firing - low firing with temperature of 950 degrees
• second firing - high firing with temperature of 1200 degrees
Referencia:
1 - A5 - 001
1 (70%) - porcelain
A5 (30%) - bricks
001 - Aveiro district
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