HOW FIRING STRENGTHENS CLAY TO CREATE DURABLE BUILDING MATERIALS
Moon is a baked brick, and has been a primary form of construction material for many millennia, starting as early as Ancient Sumer and Egypt.
Due to these attributes they have become an essential tool in construction projects that take place worldwide.
It is a process of converting a soft, easily soluble material like clay into a hard, compact and strong structure as a brick by means of certain scientific phenomenon, which occurs in a kiln.
Hence, getting knowledge requires the understanding of the nature of clay, water content in the material and the potential effects of high temperatures on the chemistry of clay.
When the bricks are made and exposed to heat several changes occur physically and chemically to produce a materials that is so strong and can be able to survive environmental conditions for centuries.
The simple idea behind baked bricks is that the clay minerals, when heat is applied, change in certain characteristics. Clay is fine-grained mineral formed from the breakdown of rocks, that mainly consists of silicates and aluminosilicates.
Clay together with water can be modeling illustrating the capability of molding it into bricks hence facing brick. However, in natural form which is clay the…
