Physic, Chemical and Mineralogical Characterizations of Clays Used in the Making of Traditional Ceramics in the City of Katiola, C ôte d’Ivoire

In C ?te d’Ivoire, traditional ceramics are widely used in the form of pottery. The latter is to store food, water and cereals. Analyzes (X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), inductive plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis thermal gravimetric (ATG)) were carried out determine morphology, chemical, physical pedological constituents these raw materials. It appears from this study that clays Mangoro pottery Katiola contain silica SiO2, alumina Al2O3 iron oxide Fe2O3 as well kaolinite, muscovite, smectite quartz.