Kator Jeff Jomboh

UTILIZATION OF SAHEL GRANITE DUST FROM GUDUM HAUSAWA IN BAUCHI STATE AS A GLASS FORMER IN THE FORMULATION OF STONEWARE GLAZES

This study investigates the suitability of Gudum Hausawa Sahel granite dust, a quarrying by-product from Bauchi, as a substitute for commercial silica in stoneware glaze formulation. The chemical and mineralogical properties of the granite dust were analysed using X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD) respectively. XRF results reveal...