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The Formation of Microcracks in Water-Saturated Porous Ceramics During Freeze–Thaw Cycles Followed by Acoustic Emission

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The acoustic emission (AE) technique was employed to monitor crack formation in the water-saturated ceramic material subjected to freeze–thaw cycles. The samples with water accessible porosity ranging from 6 to 50 vol% were prepared from the illite-rich clay by the sacrificing template method. The experimental samples were fired to 1100 °C in the static air atmosphere. Afterward, they were saturated with distilled water and subjected to the freeze–thaw cycles in the temperature range from − 22 to 20 °C. The AE signals occurred repeatedly during freeze–thaw cycling and they were attributed to the formation of microcracks in the ceramic body. The intensity of microcracking increased with increasing porosity. The microcracks were created primarily during the freezing stages of the experiment. Nevertheless, a considerable number of microcracks also appeared during thawing, especially in the ceramic body with pores below 1 μm. The microcracking during thawing was attributed to the reabsorption of water by tiny pores.

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This work was financially supported by the Czech Science Foundation (Grant No. 17-16772S), by the grant VEGA 1/0810/19 from the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic, and by the institutional research funding body (Grant No. IUT33-19) of the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research. M.K. acknowledges financial support from OP RDE, MEYS (Grant No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16 013/0001794).

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  1. Constantine the Philosopher University, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 94974, Nitra, Slovakia

    Tomáš Húlan

  2. Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 12116, Prague, Czech Republic

    Michal Knapek, Jakub Kušnír, Jana Šmilauerová, Patrik Dobroň & František Chmelík

  3. Nuclear Physics Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences, Řež 130, 250 68, Řež, Czech Republic

    Michal Knapek & Patrik Dobroň

  4. Institute of Plasma Physics of The Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Slovankou 1782/3, 182 00, Prague, Czech Republic

    Štefan Csáki

  5. Czech Technical University in Prague, Trojanova 13, 120 00, Prague 2, Czech Republic

    Jakub Kušnír

  6. Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086, Tallinn, Estonia

    Tiit Kaljuvee & Mai Uibu

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Húlan, T., Knapek, M., Csáki, Š. et al. The Formation of Microcracks in Water-Saturated Porous Ceramics During Freeze–Thaw Cycles Followed by Acoustic Emission. J Nondestruct Eval 40, 13 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-020-00748-4

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