%0 Journal Article %T Clay Materials for Ceramics Application from N’Djamena in the Chad Republic: Mineralogical, Physicochemical and Microstructural Characterization %A Ndjolba Madjihingam %A Djoda Pagore %A Jacques Richard Mache %A Bebbata Warabi %A Bertin Pagna Kagonbe %A Patrick Mountapmbeme Kouotou %J Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering %P 31-48 %@ 2327-6053 %D 2024 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/msce.2024.122003 %X Herein, we report some characteristics of the clayey materials (CMs) collected from Kaliwa (C1), Kabé (C2) and Malo (C3) district in N’Djamena (Chad). Three samples were characterized applying XRF, XRD, FTIR, SEM. In addition, TGA/DSC were performed to control decomposition/mass loss and show phase transitions respectively of CMs. Geochemical analysis by XRF reveals the following minerals composition: SiO₂ (~57% - 66%), Al₂O₃(~13% - 15%), Fe₂O₃ (~6% - 10%), TiO₂ (~1% - 2%) were the predominant oxides with a reduced proportion in C1, and (~7%) of fluxing agents (K₂O, CaO, Na₂O). Negligible and trace of MgO (~1%) and P₂O₅ was noted. The mineralogical composition by XRD shows that, C1, C2 and C3 display close mineralogy with: Quartz (~50%), feldspar (~20%) as non-clay minerals, whereas clays minerals were mostly kaolinite (~15%), illite (~5%) and smectite (~10%). FTIR analysis exhibits almost seemingly similar absorption bands characteristic of hydroxyls elongation, OH valence vibration of Kaolinite and stretching vibration of some Metal-Oxygen bond. SEM micrographs of the samples exhibit microstructureformed by inter-aggregates particles with porous cavities. TGA/DSCconfirm the existence of quartz (570˚C to 870˚C), carbonates (600˚C - 760˚C), kaolinite (569˚C - 988˚C), illite (566˚C - 966˚C), MgO (410˚C - 720˚C) and smectite (650˚C - 900