The use of experimental design to the study of mixtures has found a wide range of applications, even in laboratory scale or in industrial development works. Thus, this work has as aim apply the experimental design used in the study of mixtures to evaluate the suitability of use kaolin processing waste and granite sawing waste together for the production of ceramic bricks and tiles. Based on the raw materials, specific formulations were developed using the experimental design. The raw materials were mixed and sample bodies were produced using extrusion and uniaxial pressing. The sample bodies were fired and characterized in terms of water absorption and mechanical strength. Regression models were adjusted relating the water absorption and mechanical strength with the amount of raw materials. The results showed that the methodology of experimental design maximize the content of wastes incorporated in ceramic bricks and tiles formulations. Formulations containing up to 50% waste can be used for the production of ceramic bricks, and formulations, which contained up to 40% of waste can be used for the production of ceramic tiles.
wastes; recycling; experimental design; ceramic bricks; ceramic tiles
