• openAccess   Environmental comparison of indoor floor coverings 

      Ros Dosdá, Teresa; Celades López, Irina; Vilalta, Laura; Fullana-i-Palmer, Pere; Monfort, Eliseo Elsevier (2019)
      Appropriate selection of construction materials plays a major role in a building's sustainable profile. The studysets out a comparative life cycle assessment of indoorflooring systems of different nature. Theflooring ...
    • openAccess   Environmental development of the Spanish ceramic tile manufacturing sector over the period 1992–2007 

      Celades López, Irina; Moliner Salvador, R.; Ros Dosdá, Teresa; Monfort, Eliseo; Zaera, Eulalio Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio (2012-03)
      The Spanish tile manufacturing sector has grown steadily over the years covered by the three benchmark studies, carried out in 1992, 2001, and 2007, from which data are compared in this paper. In that period, production ...
    • 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 ...
    • openAccess   Estudio del efecto fotocrómico que presentan los vidriados opacificados por esfena 

      Bou Solsona, Encarnación; Orts Tarí, María José; Moreda, C.; Gozalbo Nebot, Ana; Gimeno, R.; Sánchez, A. Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio (2012-03)
      White glazes opacified by sphene, based on the system SiO2-CaO-TiO2, are an alternative to the glazes in which the opacifying phase is zircon. However, it has been observed that this type of glaze displays photochromism ...
    • openAccess   Estudio y control automático de la operación de extrusión de baldosas cerámicas 

      Aguilella, M.; Foucard, L.; Mallol Gasch, Gustavo; Sánchez, M. J.; López, M.; Benages, R. Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio (2012-03)
      The ever-larger tile sizes demanded by the market, the higher quality requirements, and the increasingly similar installation to that of pressed products make it necessary to narrow the tolerance limits of final extruded ...
    • openAccess   Evaluación rápida de la protección anticorrosiva de las pinturas (ACET): un desarrollo universitario llevado al mercado 

      Vítores Mas, Jorge; Gimeno Pérez, María José Asociación Española de Científicos (2011)
      Se presentan en este artículo los fundamentos básicos de la Técnica Electroquímica Cíclica Acelerada (ACET), desarrollada por la Universitat Jaume I y ofrecida al mercado por la spinoff Mediciones y Corrosión SL. El ...
    • openAccess   Evaluation of new ceramic electrodes based on Sb-doped SnO2 for the removal of emerging compounds present in wastewater 

      Mora Gómez, Julia; García Gabaldón, Montserrat; Ortega, Emma; Sánchez-Rivera, María José; Mestre Beltrán, Sergio; Pérez-Herranz, Valentín Elsevier (2018-02-01)
      The properties of the ceramic electrodes make them interesting for electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs), destined to the elimination of emergent or refractory contaminants, as an alternative to boron-doped-diamond ...
    • openAccess   Evaluation of one-and two-box models as particle exposure prediction tools at industrial scale 

      Ribalta, Carla; López Lilao, Ana; Fonseca, Ana Sofía; Jensen, Alexander Christian Østerskov; Jensen, Keld Alstrup; Monfort, Eliseo; Viana, Mar Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (2021-09-01)
      One- and two-box models have been pointed out as useful tools for modelling indoor particle exposure. However, model performance still needs further testing if they are to be implemented as trustworthy tools for exposure ...
    • closedAccess   Evaluation of texture distribution during the industrial polishing process of porcelain stoneware tiles 

      Sousa, F. J. P.; Alarcón, Orestes E.; Weingärtner, Walter L.; Fredel, Márcio C.; Vázquez, Maria F. Q.; Sánchez-Vilches, Enrique Elsevier (2013)
      The present work addresses the distribution of texture over the surface of porcelain stoneware tiles due to kinematics imposed by industrial polishing process. The scratching process was simulated using a computational ...
    • closedAccess   Evaluation of the Dustiness of Different Kaolin Samples 

      López Lilao, Ana; Bruzi, Marine; Sanfélix Forner, Vicenta; Gozalbo Nebot, Ana; Mallol Gasch, Gustavo; Monfort, Eliseo Taylor & Francis (2015)
      Several samples of kaolin with different mean particle size were prepared and tested using the continuous drop method, one of the reference test methods according to standard EN 15051:2006 “Workplace atmospheres – Measurement ...
    • openAccess   La evolución energética del sector español de baldosas cerámicas 

      Monfort, Eliseo; Mezquita, Ana; Vaquer, A.; Mallol Gasch, Gustavo; Gabaldón Estevan, Daniel Elsevier (2014-05)
      El presente texto analiza cómo ha ido evolucionando el consumo y la eficiencia energética de la industria española de baldosas cerámicas durante el siglo XX, y explora las posibilidades que se le plantean en el siglo XXI. ...
    • 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 ...
    • openAccess   Experimental design applied to improving the effect of bismuth oxide as a sintering aid for tin oxide 

      Sánchez-Rivera, María José; Gozalbo Nebot, Ana; Pérez-Herranz, Valentín; Mestre Beltrán, Sergio Elsevier (2018)
      Tin oxide has been extensively studied due to its wide variety of applications. However, its poor sinter ability requires the use of sintering aids for its processing. The sintering behaviour of three different SnO2-based ...
    • openAccess   Factors Controlling Properties of Ca-Mg, Ca-Er, Ca-Nd, or Ca-Y-Modified Aluminosilicate Glasses Containing Nitrogen and Fluorine 

      García Bellés, Àngel R.; Monzó Fuster, María; Barba-Juan, Antonio; Clausell-Terol, Carolina; Pomeroy, M. J.; Hanifi, A. R.; Hampshire, S. John Wiley & Sons (2013)
      Glasses with composition (in eq.%) (30 − x)Ca:xM:55Si:15Al:80O:15N:5F have been prepared with different levels of substitution of Ca2+ cations by Mg2+, Y3+, Er3+, or Nd3+. The properties of these glasses are examined in ...
    • 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   Fracture patterns of quartz particles in glass feldspar matrix 

      Gilabert Villegas, Francisco A.; Dal Bó, Marcelo; Cantavella Soler, Vicente; Sánchez-Vilches, Enrique Elsevier (2012)
      We report a comparison between experimental evidences and simulation results of the micro cracking in ceramic materials provoked by the cooling process. The solid model and the fracture process are carried out using the ...
    • closedAccess   Fracture properties of spray-dried powder compacts: Effect of granule size 

      José Luis, Amorós Albaro; Cantavella Soler, Vicente; Jarque Fonfría, Juan Carlos; Feliu Mingarro, Carlos Elsevier (2008)
      Inappropriate mechanical properties of spray-dried powder compacts lead to significant green product losses, entailing considerable costs in ceramic tile manufacture as well as serious environmental problems. In addition, ...
    • openAccess   Fracture toughness and temperature dependence of Young's modulus of a sintered albite glass 

      Dal Bó, Marcelo; Cantavella Soler, Vicente; Sánchez-Vilches, Enrique; Hotza, Dachamir; Gilabert Villegas, Francisco A. Elsevier (2013-03)
      Albite glass is an important component in many ceramic compositions, often used as liquid phase during the sintering process. Nevertheless, in spite of its almost ubiquous presence in the final microstructure of these ...
    • openAccess   Fuel effect on solution combustion synthesis of Co(Cr,Al)2O4 pigments 

      Gilabert, Jessica; Palacios Tejero, Maria Dolores; Sanz-Solana, Vicente; Mestre Beltrán, Sergio Elsevier (2017-10)
      The fuel effect on the synthesis of a ceramic pigment with a composition CoCr2−2ΨAl2ΨO4 (0 ≤ Ψ ≤ 1) by means of solution combustion synthesis process (SCS) has been studied. Three different fuels were selected to carry out ...
    • closedAccess   Green strength testing of pressed compacts: An analysis of the different methods 

      José Luis, Amorós Albaro; Cantavella Soler, Vicente; Jarque Fonfría, Juan Carlos; Feliu Mingarro, Carlos Elsevier (2008)
      This paper presents a comparative study of three- and four-point bending tests and diametral compression (DC) tests, used to measure the mechanical strength of green pressed compacts. The study has been conducted on pressed ...