The open photoacoustic cell (OPC) technique and another well known photothermal set up based on the measurement of the increase and decrease temperature of heated samples were carried out to obtain the thermophysical characteristics, thermal diffusivity α and specific heat capacity ρC, respectively, are arranged in order to characterize red ceramics as a function of firing temperature. Thereafter, by means of a simple mathematical relation, we could evaluate the thermal conductivity κ. Values ranging from 0.0013 cm²/s to 0.0036 cm²/s and 1.05 to 1.51 J/cm³K were obtained for thermal diffusivity and specific heat capacity, respectively. Crystalline phases were identified by X-ray diffraction, showing that kaolinite was the predominant phase. Furthermore, the relationship between thermal properties and diffractogram was presented and verified.
thermal properties; OPC; red ceramics; XRD
