Author(s)

Isabelle Linda He¹, Grah Patrick Atheba^2,3*, N’guadi Blaise Allou², Patrick Drogui³, My Ali El Khakani⁴, Gildas Komenan Gbassi¹

¹Laboratory of Analytical Sciences and Public Health, Training and Research Unit of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biological, University Félix Houphouët Boigny, Abidjan, C ôte d’Ivoire.
²Laboraratory of Constitution and Reaction of Matter, Unit for Training and Research in the Sciences of the Structures of Matter and Technology, University Félix Houphouët Boigny, Abidjan, C ôte d’Ivoire.
³Center Water Earth Environment, National Institute for Scientific Research, Quebec, Canada.
⁴Center Energy, Materials and Telecommunications, National Institute for Scientific Research, Varennes, Canada.

In C ?te d’Ivoire, traditional ceramics are widely used in the form of pottery. The latter is used to store food, water and cereals. Analyzes (X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), inductive plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and analysis thermal gravimetric (ATG)) were carried out to determine the morphology, the chemical, physical and pedological constituents of these raw materials. It appears from this study that the clays used in the Mangoro pottery of Katiola contain silica SiO₂, alumina Al₂O₃ and iron oxide Fe₂O₃ as well as kaolinite, muscovite, smectite and quartz.

Ceramics, Characterization, Clays, Kaolinite, Muscovite, Smectite, Quartz

He, I. , Atheba, G. , Allou, N. , Drogui, P. , Khakani, M. and Gbassi, G. (2023) Physic, Chemical and Mineralogical Characterizations of Clays Used in the Making of Traditional Ceramics in the City of Katiola, C ôte d’Ivoire. Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering, 11, 81-91. doi: 10.4236/jmmce.2023.114008.