Development of Pink China Body using Basalt Sludge
A pink-colored china body has a feeling of warmth was manufactured using basalt sludge and white clay. Mechanicalproperties and microstructure of fired bodies were investigated by XRD, SEM and UV spectroscopic. The china bodycontaining 60wt% of basalt sludge fired at 1050oC for 30 min showed a bulk density of 1.76g/cm3, water absorption of16.25% and bending strength of 5.25N/mm2, and value of CIE L*, a*, b* is 67.64, 7.82, 8.17 respectively. A phase ofPiustite and maghemite included in basalt sludge transferred to phase of Hematite with a pink color under oxydationatmosphere, over 1,000oC. It appeared black when the firing temperature was higher than 1,100oC.