Relationship Between Elastic, Chemical, and Thermal Properties of SiO2 Flint Aggregate
Lahcen Khouchaf, Abdelhamid Oufakir, Maria Luisa Saladino · 2024
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Lahcen Khouchaf and co-authors present a 2024 study on flint, a form of silica used as a building aggregate. How stiff it is depends on its chemistry and on heat treatment. The team studied natural flint before and after chemical attack. A range of lab tools tracked crystal size, strain, and structure changes in samples and in silica fibers.
Heat improved crystal quality, as shown by sharper peaks in the tests. Chemical attack raised the strain inside the crystals. Sizes and strain were read from graph slopes and intercepts by set formulas. The authors say flint with tuned traits could serve as a filler. Such a filler may lift strength and durability in some mixed materials.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lahcen Khouchaf, Abdelhamid Oufakir, Maria Luisa Saladino |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |