Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

Research Article

Chemical, Mineralogical, and Refractory Characterization of Kaolin in the Regions of Huayacocotla-Alumbres, Mexico

Table 1

Oxide percentage of kaolin majority elements of Huayacocotla.


Huayacocotla zone, % oxide (SD)
Sample	SiO₂	Al₂O₃	FeO (T)	TiO₂	CaO	K₂O	Na₂O	SO₂

H-RMC-1	36.1 (1.5)	19.2 (2.5)	0.2 (0.1)	0.6 (0.1)	0.2 (0.1)	1.8 (0.3)	1.4 (0.3)	0.6 (0.1)
H-RMC-2	76.8 (2.3)	15.3 (1.3)	0.4 (0.1)	0.2 (0.1)	0.6 (0.0)	0.5 (0.2)	1.5 (0.6)	0.3 (0.0)
H-RMC-3	66.9 (2.2)	19.5 (1.9)	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.0)	0.4 (0.0)	1.1 (0.2)	1.5 (0.4)	0.6 (0.1)
H-RMC-4	47.3 (2.0)	29.4 (1.4)	6.2 (0.4)	0.9 (0.1)	0.6 (0.0)	0.9 (0.1)	1.6 (0.4)	0.7 (0.2)
H-RMC-5	51.4 (2.2)	30.7 (0.9)	0.2 (0.1)	1.7 (0.3)	0.2 (0.0)	0.1 (0.1)	0.4 (0.2)	0.6 (0.1)
H-RMC-6	72.1 (2.1)	17.7 (1.0)	0.3 (0.1)	0.3 (0.0)	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.1)	0.7 (0.4)	0.2 (0.0)
H-RMC-7	77.1 (1.2)	6.3 (1.7)	0.1 (0.1)	0.3 (0.1)	0.1 (0.0)	1.3 (0.2)	0.4 (0.1)	0.3 (0.1)
H-RMC-8	73.5 (1.3)	15.1 (1.6)	0.1 (0.1)	0.5 (0.0)	0.2 (0.0)	0.4 (0.4)	0.4 (0.3)	0.2 (0.0)
H-RMC-9	66.7 (1.4)	19.6 (1.2)	0.4 (0.2)	0.9 (0.1)	0.1 (0.1)	0.1 (0.1)	0.3 (0.1)	0.4 (0.1)
H-RMC-11	44.3 (1.2)	29.9 (1.3)	0.5 (0.1)	1.3 (0.3)	0.2 (0.0)	1.2 (0.2)	0.6 (0.1)	0.3 (0.1)
H-RMC-12	36.6 (1.4)	24.7 (0.9)	0.3 (0.2)	0.3 (0.1)	0.2 (0.0)	1.5 (0.1)	1.6 (0.4)	1.0 (0.4)
H-RMC-14	72.0 (1.4)	16.3 (0.9)	0.1 (0.0)	0.2 (0.1)	0.6 (0.1)	0.4 (0.2)	1.3 (0.2)	0.6 (0.2)
H-RMC-15	74.3 (1.7)	16.5 (1.2)	0.2 (0.0)	0.3 (0.2)	0.3 (0.1)	0.3 (0.3)	0.3 (0.2)	0.4 (0.1)
H-RMC-16	84.1 (1.6)	12.3 (1.0)	0.1 (0.1)	0.1 (0.0)	0.1 (0.0)	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.1)	1.1 (0.4)
H-RMC-17	60.6 (1.7)	22.1 (1.2)	0.1 (0.0)	0.1 (0.0)	0.1 (0.0)	1.3 (0.1)	0.6 (0.2)	2.1 (0.6)
H-RMC-18	73.6 (1.1)	19.0 (1.4)	0.1 (0.0)	0.3 (0.1)	0.1 (0.0)	0.5 (0.2)	0.4 (0.2)	1.9 (0.5)
H-RMC-19	82.6 (1.7)	11.7 (1.3)	0.1 (0.0)	0.1 (0.0)	0.4 (0.0)	0.2 (0.1)	0.1 (0.1)	0.1 (0.0)
H-RMC-20	78.3 (1.9)	16.7 (1.1)	0.1 (0.0)	0.2 (0.1)	0.1 (0.0)	0.6 (0.2)	0.2 (0.1)	0.2 (0.0)
H-RMC-21	80.0 (1.6)	16.7 (1.9)	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.0)	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.1)	0.2 (0.1)	0.3 (0.1)
H-RMC-22	79.8 (1.2)	14.7 (1.1)	0.2 (0.1)	0.3 (0.2)	0.1 (0.0)	0.1 (0.1)	0.1 (0.1)	0.7 (0.2)
H-RMC-23	78.4 (1.8)	16.8 (1.4)	0.2 (0.0)	0.2 (0.1)	<0.1	0.2 (0.1)	0.1 (0.1)	0.9 (0.3)
H-RMC-32	21.7 (2.5)	27.9 (2.1)	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.1)	<0.1	2.1 (0.1)	0.6 (0.1)	0.3 (0.0)
H-RMC-33	71.3 (1.7)	11.0 (1.3)	0.1 (0.0)	0.2 (0.0)	0.1 (0.1)	1.5 (0.1)	0.3 (0.1)	0.3 (0.0)
H-RMC-35	65.0 (1.4)	26.9 (1.4)	0.1 (0.1)	0.7 (0.2)	0.1 (0.1)	0.5 (0.2)	0.4 (0.3)	0.3 (0.0)
H-RMC-36	60.5 (1.7)	30.7 (1.3)	0.2 (0.1)	0.9 (0.1)	0.1 (0.1)	0.1 (0.1)	0.5 (0.3)	0.4 (0.1)
H-RMC-37	66.3 (1.9)	15.7 (1.7)	0.1 (0.0)	0.3 (0.1)	<0.1	1.4 (0.2)	0.5 (0.1)	0.4 (0.1)
Mean	65.3 (16.3)	19.3 (6.6)	0.4 (1.2)	0.4 (0.4)	0.2 (0.2)	0.7 (0.6)	0.6 (0.5)	0.6 (0.5)

FeO (T) was determined as total iron.