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Aluminium titanate - based hollow balls were prepared by using aluminum titanate, mullite and magnesia aluminate spinel as starting materials followed by the rolling-ball method. The effect of different pore-making agents (namely the amylum, flour, millet and urea) on the forming properties and the apparent qualities of the precursors of the hollow balls were investigated. The results show that the precursors of the hollow balls own both good forming properties and apparent qualities when using the amylum as pore-making agent; an appropriate heat treatment was carried out on the above precursors, and the obtained hollow balls have particle size of 5 mm, aperture diameter of 3 mm and wall thickness of 1 mm; the average compressive strength of the hollow balls reaches 15.0 N. Since this method is very simple and effective for preparation of the hollow balls, it may provide a new approach for preparation of high performance heat insulation-porous materials.

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Due to low water absorption, high bending strength and abrasion resistance, and excellent chemical and frost resistance, porcelain building ceramic tiles are the highest increase in production and sales over all other kind of building ceramic tiles materials. In this paper, porcelain building ceramic tiles was prepared by a fast firing process of rare earth tailings as the main raw material, low fused sand and Zhuji porcelain sand et al mixture. Effects of firing temperature and forming pressure on the sintering behavior and mechanical property of porcelain building ceramic tiles were studied. The sintering behavior of the fired samples was evaluated by linear shrinkage and water absorption. The fired samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and bending strength measurements. The sample is pressured at 15 MPa and sintered at 1180 °C and endowed with 0.04% of the water absorption and 51 MPa of the bending strength, due to denser microstructure. The obtained results would contribute to save natural resources and protect environment.