• 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   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 ...
    • closedAccess   Development of a yellow ceramic pigment based on silver nanoparticles 

      Mestre Beltrán, Sergio; Chiva, C.; Palacios, Marta; José Luis, Amorós Albaro Elsevier (2012)
      In this study a yellow pigment was obtained for third-fire ceramic decorations, based on silver nanoparticles synthesised by the method of chemical reduction in aqueous phase, using silver nitrate and polyvinylpyrrolidone ...
    • closedAccess   Effect of quartz particle size on the mechanical behaviour of porcelain tile subjected to different cooling rates 

      De Noni, Agenor; Hotza, Dachamir; Cantavella Soler, Vicente; Sánchez-Vilches, Enrique Elsevier (2009-04)
      Porcelain tile is a high-performance ceramic tile, in which quartz is a major compositional component. After the firing cycle, macroscopic residual stresses develop in the product as a result of rapid cooling. Further, ...
    • openAccess   Estimation of the heat of reaction in traditional ceramic compositions 

      Ferrer, S.; Mezquita, Ana; Gómez-Tena, Maria Pilar; Machí, Cristina; Monfort, Eliseo Elsevier (2015-05)
      Most energy studies on the traditional ceramic manufacturing process focus on the firing stage because this is the process stage that consumes the greatest amount of thermal energy. At present in Europe, using typical ...
    • closedAccess   Influence of macroscopic residual stresses on the mechanical behavior and microstructure of porcelain tile 

      De Noni, Agenor; Hotza, Dachamir; Cantavella Soler, Vicente; Sánchez-Vilches, Enrique Elsevier (2008-09)
      The development of macroscopic residual stress, as in glass-tempering processes, was studied for porcelain tile. Mechanical strength was observed to increase less than might be theoretically expected, owing to deterioration ...
    • closedAccess   Non-destructive measurement of bulk density distribution in large-sized ceramic tiles 

      José Luis, Amorós Albaro; Boix, Juan; Llorens, D.; Mallol Gasch, Gustavo; Fuentes, I.; Feliu Mingarro, Carlos Elsevier (2010)
      An apparatus has been designed, built, and patented that is able, non-destructively, to determine bulk density distribution in large-sized ceramic tiles. The proposed method, based on the X-ray absorption technique, provides ...
    • closedAccess   Porous single-fired wall tile bodies: Influence of quartz particle size on tile properties 

      José Luis, Amorós Albaro; Orts Tarí, María José; Mestre Beltrán, Sergio; García Ten, Francisco Javier; Feliu Mingarro, Carlos Elsevier (2010)
      This study examines the effect of quartz particle size in raw material composition customarily used for the manufacture of porous single-fired wall tile bodies on the characteristics of the green tiles and on the thermal ...
    • closedAccess   Relationship between certain ceramic roofing tile characteristics and biodeterioration 

      Gazulla Barreda, Maria Fernanda; Sánchez-Vilches, Enrique; González, J. M.; Portillo, M. C.; Orduña, Mónica Elsevier (2011)
      This paper examines the relationship of certain red ceramic roofing tile properties to roofing tile biodeterioration. The following properties were studied: apparent porosity, roughness, and the presence or absence of two ...
    • openAccess   Relationship between Young's modulus and temperature in porcelain tiles 

      De Oliveira, Antonio Pedro Novaes; Sánchez-Vilches, Enrique; Cantavella Soler, Vicente; Gilabert Villegas, Francisco A. Elsevier (2012)
      A focused research was conducted on samples prepared from an industrial porcelain tile composition containing quartz, used to produce ceramic floor tiles, with the aim of evaluating the variation of fired specimens’ Young's ...
    • closedAccess   Study of Cr-SnO2 ceramic pigment and of Ti/Sn ratio on formation and coloration of these materials 

      Tena, M. A.; Meseguer, Susana; Gargori, Carina; Forés, Ana; Badenes March, José Antonio; Monrós, Guillermo Elsevier (2007)
      In this study, CrxSn1−xO2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.06) and Cr0.03Sn0.97−yTiyO2 (0 < y ≤ 0.97) compositions were synthesized by the ceramic method and characterized by X-ray diffraction, UV–vis spectroscopy and CIE L*a*b* (Commission ...