Alumosilicate 'Made in Germany': High-Temperature Raw Material with Excellent Innovation Potential

摘要

The objective of this deliberately concise article is to examine on macroscopic and microscopic level the essential characteristics of a raw material unique in Germany, Europe and probably on global scale as well as to raise awareness of its potential for the realization of contemporary high-temperature materials. Eisenberg luting sand enjoys as a whole the status of a geographically narrowly limited, but sustainable raw material resource. Not at least with its mineralogical characteristics, selected fractions of the Eisenberg luting sand, also with the addition of specific agents, open up new solution approaches for the production of high-temperature ceramics, composite material systems or silicate building materials for applications in a wide temperature interval.