Abstract：Cordierite has a low coefficient of thermal expansion, good thermal shock resistance, etc., and is widely used in refractory materials, electronic packaging materials, ceramics, catalyst carriers and infrared radiation materials. Currently, it is mainly made by artificial synthesis in industry. Synthetic cordierite materials are expanded from natural minerals to solid waste materials, and there are many successful synthesis examples. Comparing with naturally occurring cordierite, synthetic cordierite has superior performance. In this paper, the research progress such as raw materials, the methods and mechanism, and additives modified are introduced. It would be concluded that the future development is to strengthen those researches on low- temperature synthesis, modified additives and look for the raw materials from solid waste.

Keyword：cordierite;aitificial synthesis;addition of modifier;