Research Article

Characteristic Investigations on Ethiopian Kaolinite: Effect of Calcination Temperature on Pozzolanic Activity and Specific Surface Area

Table 1

The specific surface area (SSA) of the kaolinite samples at various calcination temperature.

Calcination temperature (°C)Vm (cm3·g−1)BET constantSSA (m2g−1)

Raw kaolinite0.0016.09830.545
5750.0018.86332.150
6000.0019.78034.369
6250.00111.43139.230
6500.00113.64343.510
7000.00114.34747.794
8000.0018.97233.360
9000.0015.79326.308
10000.0015.65017.807