Abstract:Iron tailing fired bricks were prepared with the hematite tailing from western Hubei as the main raw materials, the firing process and its mechanism of iron tailing fired bricks were investigated by TG DSC, XRD and SEM. The results show that the firing process is divided into four stages as drying, heating, firing and cooling. The mass diffusion transfer at the solid phase surface predominates in initial firing stage, while solid particles rearrangement and plastic mass diffusion transfer under the action of molten liquid phase is dominant in intermediate and late firing stages. Molten liquid phase plays an important role to promote the vitrification and solid phase reaction of the bricks.