%0 Journal Article
%T Properties and Characterization of Two Clays Raw Material from Mountain District (West of Côte d’Ivoire) for Use in Low-Carbon Cements
%A Wedjers Max Robin Manouan
%A Bi Iri&#233
%A Herv&#233
%A Gour&#233
%A Doubi
%A L&#233
%A b&#233
%A Prisca Marie-Sandrine Kouakou
%A Atta Kouam&#233
%A Brice Koffi
%A Alfred Niamien Kouam&#233
%A Namory M&#233
%A it&#233
%J Advances in Materials Physics and Chemistry
%P 137-145
%@ 2162-5328
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ampc.2024.148011
%X This work was devoted to the study of the physico-chemical properties of two clay minerals from the Mountain District (West C&#244;te d'Ivoire) referenced ME1 and ME2. These samples were characterized by the experimental techniques, such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Infrared spectroscopy (IR), Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES), Differential Thermal Analysis and Thermogravimetry (DTA-TG), Brunauer, Emett and Teller method (BET), laser particle size analysis and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The main results of these analyses reveal that the two clay samples mainly contain quartz (52.91% for ME1 and 51.72% for ME2), kaolinite (36.60% for ME1 and 41.6% for ME2) and associated phases, namely goethite and hematite (13.47% for ME1 and 11.00% for ME2). The specific surface values obtained for samples ME1 and ME2 are 34.78 m<sup>2</sup>/g and 29.18 m<sup>2</sup>/g respectively. The results obtained show that the samples studied belong to the kaolinite family. After calcination, they could have good pozzolanic activity and therefore be used in the manufacture of low-carbon cements.
%K Quartz
%K Kaolinite
%K Mountain District
%K Low-Carbon Cements
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=135048