A low-temperature fast-fired lightweight ceramic heat insulation plate and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises: performing ball milling and powder spraying on a raw material containing foamable ceramic waste slag to prepare foamable powder, the foamable ceramic waste slag accounting for 80-100 wt % of the weight of the raw material; uniformly mixing 100 weight portions of the foamable powder with 3-15 weight portions of granular powder of a low-melting-point organic matter to obtain mixed powder materials; pressing the mixed powder materials under 10-20 MPa to prepare a ceramic green body; and firing the ceramic green body at a temperature of 1100-1170 C. to prepare the lightweight energy-saving ceramic heat insulation plate.

A dried or at least partially dried ceramic feedstock, a method of preparing a dried or at least partially dried ceramic feedstock having a residual solvent content of up to about 15 wt. %, ceramic formulations comprising one or more ceramic precursors, temperature sensitive gelling agent, solvent, and having a viscosity suitable for low pressure injection molding, methods for preparing said ceramic formulations, a method of forming a ceramic article from said ceramic formulations, and a ceramic article obtainable therefrom.

The present disclosure relates to a process for making ceramic tiles characterized by the addition to the ceramic raw materials of an aqueous slurry comprising a swellable clay of the smectite family, a binder and a water-soluble salt of a monovalent cation.

Embodiments relate to a tablet manufacturing method for preparing eco-friendly clay for crafting or tactile play by using a grain powder or the like, the method comprising: a stirring step of uniformly stirring a mixture containing at least one type of raw material; a molding step of molding the raw material mixture, stirred in the stirring step, into a tablet shape; and a drying step of drying the tablet-shaped mixture, molded in the molding step, to produce tablets.

A process for making tiles comprising: i) mixing the ceramic raw materials; ii) dry-grinding the ceramic raw materials or wet-grinding the ceramic raw materials and spray drying the ceramic slip obtained from the wet-grinding; iii) forming green tiles by pressing the powdery grinded ceramic raw materials obtained from step ii); said process being characterized by the addition to the ceramic raw materials, before step iii), of from 0.01 to 5.0% by weight, based on the weight of the ceramic raw materials (dry matter), of a composition comprising a polymer obtained by polymerization in the presence of a sugar or a degraded polysaccharide.

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a ceramic article containing industrial, domestic or natural sludge, the ceramic article, and treated domestic or natural sludge suitable as raw material for the production of the ceramic article. The sludge (which definition excludes digestate that is obtained from a Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) process comprising liquefaction of the organic fraction of MSW by addition of one or more enzymes) has been pretreated by a process comprising the optional step of drying the sludge to a moisture content of at most 10% by weight, resulting in dried sludge, and heating the sludge or dried sludge in a spouting bed incinerator and reducing the content of organic matter to less than 5% by weight. The invention furthermore relates to a process wherein the pretreatment comprises using the domestic or natural sludge as a food source for larvae.

A blank material for a ceramic tile consists of the following components in percentage by weight: nepheline powder: 10%-15%; clay with a carbon content of 3.0 wt %: 10%-15%; clay with a carbon content of 0.5 wt %: 15%-22%; clay with a carbon content between 0.5 wt % and 3.0 wt %: 10%-15%; recycled waste blank: 5%-10%; sodium potassium powder: 5%-10%; sodium feldspar powder: 12%-20%; desulfurization residue: 0%-7%; waste from edging and polishing: 15%-26%; waste porcelain powder: 5%-10%; liquid gel remover: 0.3%-1.0%; liquid reinforcing agent: 0.2%-0.8%. Its preparation method comprises the following steps: preparing raw materials for a blank body and ball milling, powder spray granulation, aging, pressing and molding of the blank body, drying, polishing the blank body, spraying water, glazing, applying a decorative pattern, firing.

The present disclosure provides methods for controlling swelling of a clay when in contact with an aqueous medium. The methods may include contacting clay with a content of an ionic liquid sufficient to modify one or more transport properties of water through the clay. In particular, in some embodiments, the present disclosure provides clay-based animal litter compositions having controlled flow and clump shape, and a related method. The animal litter can include a clay-based liquid absorbing material and at least one ionic liquid.

Provided is halloysite powder having a small b value. The halloysite powder is powder including a granule in which halloysite including halloysite nanotubes is aggregated, the granule has a first pore deriving from a tube hole of the halloysite nanotubes and a second pore different from the first pore, and the Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 content is not more than 2.00 mass %.