STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITION AND TEMPERATURE FOR POROUS ALUMINA FABRICATION
Keywords:
Statistical analysis, bulk density, porous alumina, ANOVAAbstract
This investigation used statistical software to design and analyze the effects of dispersant, binder, and firing temperature (as independent factors) upon the apparent porosity and bulk density (as dependent factors) of porous alumina. Results show that all independent factors have significant effects on the dependent factors, but in different ways. In the first part of this work the dispersant (Darvan C) amount and the square of the dispersant amount were found to have significant effects on the apparent porosity and bulk density of porous alumina, while the firing temperature had important effects on the apparent porosity only. Additionally, in the second part the square of the binder (glue) amount and the square of the firing temperature were found to have large effects on both the apparent porosity and bulk density of porous alumina.
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