<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> A pavement brick taken from a Romanesque part of the church in Pác, in the Trnava County, Slovakia, was investigated by x-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and thermal analyses as differential thermal analysis (DTA), thermogravimetry (TG) and thermodilatometry (TD). It was found that the brick contained dehydroxylated illitic clay, calcite and quartz. As revealed, dehydroxylation was completely finished and no redehydroxylation was observed. Partial decomposition of calcite was also found. The estimated firing temperature is between 600 °C and 700 °C.</p></abstract>

A pavement brick taken from a Romanesque part of the church in Pác, in the Trnava County, Slovakia, was investigated by x-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and thermal analyses as differential thermal analysis (DTA), thermogravimetry (TG) and thermodilatometry (TD). It was found that the brick contained dehydroxylated illitic clay, calcite and quartz. As revealed, dehydroxylation was completely finished and no redehydroxylation was observed. Partial decomposition of calcite was also found. The estimated firing temperature is between 600 °C and 700 °C.

The Firing Temperature of Romanesque Brick from Pác

Slovak University of Technology Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Physic

Constantine The Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physic

Constantine The Philosopher University in Nitra Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physic

Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Mineralogy and Petrology

Selected Scientific Papers - Journal of Civil Engineering

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A pavement brick taken from a Romanesque part of the church in Pác, in the Trnava County, Slovakia, was investigated by x-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and...

The Firing Temperature of Romanesque Brick from Pác

Published Online: Dec 15, 2012

Page range: 79 - 86

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10299-012-0009-y

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