In this study, development of a new black pigment for colouring porcelain tiles by calcination of hematite waste and natural manganese ore mixtures were investigated as a way to produce cost-effective pigment. It was found that by incorporating 10 wt% manganese ore (containing about 75 wt% MnO2) into hematite waste (containing about 97 wt% Fe2O3), a black pigment can be obtained. The black pigment predominantly contained hematite phase indicating that manganese was dissolved in hematite structure, changing the brown colour of hematite into black colour.
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DOI:10.1080/0371750X.2012.689506 |
