• openAccess   A new cleaner process to prepare pressing-powder 

      Shu, Zheng; Monfort, Eliseo; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Zhou, Jiaji; José Luis, Amorós Albaro; Wang, Yong-Xu Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio (2011)
      An alternative cleaner process of pressing-powder preparation, based on filter-pressing and a novel granulation method, is presented to substitute the existing spray-drying process. In the new process, about two-thirds of ...
    • openAccess   Análise e medida de fatores que afetam as curvaturas retardadas em porcelanato 

      Cantavella Soler, Vicente; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Sánchez-Vilches, Enrique; Bannier, Emilie; Sánchez, J.; Soler, C.; Sales, J. Associação Brasileira de Cerâmic (2008)
      Os revestimentos cerâmicos de porcelanato, tanto os esmaltados como os não esmaltados, apresentam um fenômeno conhecido como “curvaturas retardadas”, que consiste na mudança de curvatura das peças depois da saída do ...
    • openAccess   Calcium carbonate decomposition in white-body tiles during firing in the presence of carbon dioxide 

      Escardino Benlloch, Agustín; Gómez-Tena, Maria Pilar; Feliu Mingarro, Carlos; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Saburit Llaudis, Alejandro Elsevier (2013-08)
      This study examines the thermal decomposition process of the calcium carbonate (calcite powder) contained in test pieces of porous ceramics, of the same composition as that used in manufacturing ceramic wall tile bodies, ...
    • closedAccess   Calcium carbonate thermal decomposition in white-body wall tile during firing. I. Kinetic study 

      Escardino Benlloch, Agustín; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Feliu Mingarro, Carlos; Moreno Berto, Arnaldo Vicente Elsevier (2010)
      This study examines the thermal decomposition of calcium carbonate, contained in disk-shaped test pieces formed from a mixture of raw materials of a similar composition and characteristics to those of the mixtures customarily ...
    • closedAccess   Calcium carbonate thermal decomposition in white-body wall tile during firing. II. Influence of body thickness and calcite content 

      Escardino Benlloch, Agustín; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Feliu Mingarro, Carlos; Gozalbo Nebot, Ana Elsevier (2012-05)
      The thermal decomposition process of the calcium carbonate (calcite powder) contained in porous ceramic pieces, with the same composition as that used industrially to manufacture white-firing wall tile bodies, was studied ...
    • closedAccess   Cleaner production of porcelain tile powders. Fired compact properties 

      Shu, Zheng; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Monfort, Eliseo; José Luis, Amorós Albaro; Zhou, Jiaji; Wang, Yong-Xu Elsevier (2012-03)
      A new ceramic powder preparation process, the droplet-powder granulation process (DPGP), was recently proposed for the cleaner production of ceramic tiles. The DPGP granules and resulting pressed compacts were characterized ...
    • closedAccess   Cleaner production of porcelain tile powders. Granule and green compact characterization 

      Shu, Zheng; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Monfort, Eliseo; José Luis, Amorós Albaro; Zhou, Jiaji; Wang, Yong-Xu Elsevier (2012-01)
      A new ceramic powder preparation process, the droplet–powder granulation process (DPGP), was recently proposed in pursuit of energy/water conservation and environment protection for sustainable development of the ceramic ...
    • closedAccess   Delayed curvature and residual stresses in porcelain tiles 

      Bannier, Emilie; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Castellano, Javier; Cantavella Soler, Vicente Elsevier (2013)
      Most industrial porcelain tiles suffer changes in their curvature after firing: such process is known as delayed curvature. One of the hypotheses used to explain this phenomenon is based on the relaxation of residual ...
    • openAccess   Delayed curvatures in porcelain tiles : analysis and measurement of incluencing factors 

      Cantavella Soler, Vicente; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Sánchez-Vilches, Enrique; Bannier, Emilie; Sánchez, J.; Sales, J. Göller Verlag GmbH (2008)
      Göller Verlag GmbH Glazed and unglazed porcelain tiles exhibit a phenomenon known as 'delayed curvatures', which consist of the change in tile curvature after the tiles leave the kiln. This phenomenon becomes more problematic ...
    • openAccess   Desarrollo de baldosas cerámicas para pavimentación urbana basadas en residuos industriales 

      García Ten, Francisco Javier; Quereda, M F; Mallol Gasch, Gustavo; Soriano, M.; Vicent Cabedo, Mónica Pública (2011)
      La utilización de baldosas cerámicas en espacios urbanos es una aplicación todavía incipiente en la que estos productos compiten tanto con materiales de bajo coste (terrazo, adoquín, etc.), como con otros materiales de ...
    • closedAccess   Development of lightweight porcelain stoneware tiles using foaming agents 

      García Ten, Francisco Javier; Saburit Llaudis, Alejandro; Bernardo, Enrico; Colombo, Paolo Elsevier (2012)
      Recent market trends for porcelain stoneware tiles indicate that there is a growing interest for lightweight products, to be used vertically, in internal walls or ventilated facades. The decorative and structural functions ...
    • closedAccess   Evolution of fluorine emissions during the fast firing of ceramic tile 

      Monfort, Eliseo; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Celades López, Irina; Gazulla Barreda, Maria Fernanda; Gomar Peiró, Salvador Elsevier (2008)
      The present paper examines the emission-adsorption phenomena of fluorine compounds in various ceramic tile body compositions with different fluorine and calcium contents, processed by fast firing cycles in an electric ...
    • closedAccess   Foaming of flat glass cullet using Si3N4 and MnO2 powders 

      Saburit Llaudis, Alejandro; Orts Tarí, María José; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Bernardo, Enrico; Colombo, Paolo Elsevier (2009)
      The introduction of a compound capable of releasing oxygen, such as MnO2, greatly improves the foaming ability of Si3N4 used as foaming agent in soda-lime glass powder, leading to expansion at a relatively low temperature ...
    • closedAccess   Kinetic study of calcite particle (powder) thermal decomposition: Part I 

      Escardino Benlloch, Agustín; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Feliu Mingarro, Carlos Elsevier (2008)
      In the first step of the firing cycle used to manufacture white-firing wall tile bodies, the calcium carbonate that is added, as a source of CaO, to the clay raw materials mixture used to form these bodies needs to decompose. ...
    • openAccess   Kinetic study of the thermal decomposition process of calcite particles in air and CO2 atmosphere 

      Escardino Benlloch, Agustín; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Feliu Mingarro, Carlos; Saburit Llaudis, Alejandro; Cantavella Soler, Vicente Elsevier (2013-05)
      The thermal decomposition process of calcite particles (0.45–3.60 mm average diameter), made up of porous agglomerates of very small CaCO3 microcrystals, was studied in the 975–1216 K temperature range. The experiments ...
    • closedAccess   Lightweight Porcelain Stoneware by Engineered CeO2 Addition 

      Bernardo, Enrico; De Lazzari, Marco; Colombo, Paolo; Saburit Llaudis, Alejandro; García Ten, Francisco Javier Wiley (2010)
      The use of porcelain stoneware in innovative applications such as the covering of internal walls or the manufacturing of ventilated facades may be limited by its relatively high density. In this paper, we discuss the ...
    • openAccess   M.A.B. Revestimientos vítreos con propiedades bactericidas y fungicidas 

      Cuoghi Fenollar, L.; Romero Valiente, J.; Villar Apellaniz, C; Faubel Serra, V.; Noguera Ortí, Juan F.; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Yagüe Muñoz, Alberto; Durán, Ángel (2013-04-11)
      This report describes the mosaic M.A.B. (bactericide and fungicide) produced by Togama S.A. belonging to the group Fluidra S.A., which has been awarded with the Silver Alfa Award by the Spanish Society of Ceramics and ...
    • closedAccess   Monitoring and possible reduction of HF in stack flue gases from ceramic tiles 

      Monfort, Eliseo; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Celades López, Irina; Gomar Peiró, Salvador Elsevier (2010)
      HF (hydrogen fluoride) emission control is one of the critical environmental parameters in the firing of ceramic materials at peak temperatures higher than 1000 °C. In this study, in-stack concentrations of HF were monitored ...
    • openAccess   O Processo de coloração a seco de porcelanato. Parte 1: Variáveis envolvidas e influência sobre as propriedades das peças 

      García Sainz, Javier; Gallart, J C; Manrique, J; Ragnetti, Maurizio; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Moreno Berto, Arnaldo Vicente; Quereda, M F; Saburit Llaudis, Alejandro Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (2008)
      Dentre as tipologias de revestimentos cerâmicos atualmente produzidos o porcelanato tem se destacado pela grande expansão em sua produção, observada nos últimos anos. O sucesso do produto se deve pelas propriedades técnicas ...
    • openAccess   O Processo de coloração a seco de porcelanato. Parte 2: Variáveis envolvidas e influência sobre as propriedades das peças 

      García Sainz, Javier; Gallart, J C; Manrique, J; Ragnetti, Maurizio; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Moreno Berto, Arnaldo Vicente; Quereda, M F; Saburit Llaudis, Alejandro Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (2008)
      Dentre as tipologias de revestimentos cerâmicos atualmente produzidos o porcelanato tem se destacado pela grande expansão em sua produção, observada nos últimos anos. O sucesso do produto se deve pelas propriedades técnicas ...