Esmaltes cerâmicos orgânicos e as questões de sustentabilidade

Abstract

Some agronomic residues represent the possibility of production of ceramic glazes. The banana plant, pseudo stem and leave, is a residue that presents this possibility from its ashes. Considering the raw material and aspects related to its treatment, one can obtain a good quality of ceramic glaze from renewable resources. The production of the glaze consists essentially in mixing the clay with water and ash, which may or may not contain additional minerals, and the burning is be conducted on test specimens of white and red clay, at a temperature of approximately 1200 ° C. The difference in the colors of the ceramics in the specimens influence the color of the glaze. Despite the great diversity of chemical ceramic glazes, searching through the ashes for the production of glazes justifies itself in this work, to minimize environmental impacts.

Index Terms - Ceramic glaze, ash plants, Sustainability.