A Study on Partial Replacement of Feldspars with Charnockite Rocks of Eleswaram, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India in Red Body Glazed Ceramic Tiles
Rajasekhara Reddy K
Rajasekhara Reddy K, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), India.
Manuscript received on 04 May 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 16 May 2019 | Manuscript Published on 28 May 2019 | PP: 714-719 | Volume-7 Issue-6C2 April 2019 | Retrieval Number: F11320476C219/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: Government of India has launched various ambitious programs like Swatch Bharath Abhiyan, Atal mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT and housing for all by 2022. Implementations of these programs are likely to increase in demand for ceramic tiles. This in turn increase in consumption of ceramic raw materials and likely to shoot up the price of feldspar as we are having limited resources of feldspar and significant quantity is being exported. Hence there is a immediate need to search for alternative materials in order to make the industry to sustain. In the present investigations charnockite rocks of Eleswaram, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India were tried to replace feldspar partially in red body glazed ceramic tiles. The study revealed that charnockite rocks of Eleswaram can be used in place of feldspars to certain extent in red body glazed ceramic tiles.
Keywords: Charnockites, Feldspars, Glazed Ceramic Tiles.
Scope of the Article: Civil and Environmental Engineering