Porcelain tile: almost 30 years of steady scientific-technological evolution

E Sánchez, J García-Ten, V Sanz, A Moreno - Ceramics International, 2010 - Elsevier
Despite the great global significance of porcelain tile manufacture, the scientific activity in
porcelain tile's almost 30-year existence does not match the importance of the business …

Relation between the microstructure and technological properties of porcelain stoneware. A review

M Romero, JM Pérez - Materiales de Construcción, 2015 - materconstrucc.revistas.csic.es
Porcelain stoneware is a strongly sintered ceramic material fabricated from ball clays-quartz-
feldspar mixtures. Porcelain stoneware is characterized by its excellent technical and …

Porcelain tile microstructure: implications for polished tile properties

E Sánchez, MJ Ibanez, J García-Ten… - Journal of the European …, 2006 - Elsevier
The present study was undertaken to determine the influence of sintered porcelain tile
microstructure on mechanical properties (fracture strength, modulus of elasticity and fracture …

Influence of composition on mechanical behaviour of porcelain tile. Part I: Microstructural characterization and developed phases after firing

A De Noni Jr, D Hotza, VC Soler, ES Vilches - Materials Science and …, 2010 - Elsevier
The porcelain tile is a ceramic product with high technical and aesthetic performance, whose
composition is formulated from a mixture of clay or kaolin, quartz and feldspar. This paper is …

Effect of feldspar particle size on the porous microstructure and stain resistance of polished porcelain tiles

HJ Alves, FG Melchiades, AO Boschi - Journal of the European ceramic …, 2012 - Elsevier
The final porosity of porcelain tiles results from the incomplete densification of the material
during the stages of processing. The use of raw materials such as feldspar, with a high …

Effect of calcined colemanite addition on properties of porcelain tile

Ç Öztürk, S Akpınar, M Tığ - Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society, 2022 - Springer
In this study, the possibility of using calcined-colemanite as an alternative fluxing agent in a
body mixture used for porcelain tile was investigated. For this aim, a part of industrial spray …

Wear mechanism and morphologic space in ceramic honing process

RA Mezari, RSF Pereira, FJP Sousa, WL Weingaertner… - Wear, 2016 - Elsevier
The aesthetic and mechanical properties of porcelain stoneware tiles have promoted their
rise in the ceramic tile market. Great part of the aesthetic success is due to the gloss …

Electrical resistivity of porcelain bodies with natural zeolite addition

AŞ Demirkiran, R Artir, E Avci - Ceramics International, 2010 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of natural zeolite addition on the electrical properties of porcelain
bodies was investigated. Clinoptilolite, which is a type of natural zeolite, was added partially …

[HTML][HTML] Dependence of surface porosity on the polishing depth of porcelain stoneware tiles

HJ Alves, MR Freitas, FG Melchiades… - Journal of the European …, 2011 - Elsevier
Porcelain stoneware tile polishing is a process that adds value to ceramic tiles due to the
high gloss achieved upon reducing surface roughness. However, surface polishing removes …

Silicon carbide particle embedded magnesium oxychloride cement composite bricks for polishing of porcelain stoneware tiles

A Ozturk, M Timucin - Advances in Applied Ceramics, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Abstract Silicon carbide (SiC) particle embedded magnesium oxychloride cement
(MOC) composite polishing bricks developed for polishing of porcelain stoneware tiles were …