1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, PO Box 14115-143, Tehran, Iran;2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, PO Box 16765-163, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:
The work focuses on the synthesis of a red ceramic pigment by inclusion of hematite in a fumed silica matrix with different specific surface areas. Iron(II) sulfate was used as hematite precursor. Mixtures of iron(II) sulfate and fumed silica with different mole ratios were heated at different temperatures from 1000 to 1300 °C for 4 h.