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Environmental profile of Spanish porcelain stoneware tiles
(Springer, 2018-08)
Purpose
Porcelain stoneware tile (PST) iscurrently the ceram-
ic tile of greatest commercial and innovation interest. An envi-
ronmental life cycle assessment of different varieties of PST
was undertaken to enable ...
How can the European ceramic tile industry meet the EU's low-carbon targets? A life cycle perspective
(Elsevier, 2018-07)
Ceramic tile manufacturing is deemed to be an energy intensive industry, mainly based on combustion processes and, therefore, subject to European policies aiming at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The “Roadmap for moving ...
Strategic environmental communication tools
(Qualicer, 2014)
The Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica (ITC), pursuing its programme of actions aimed at transferring knowledge to the ceramic industry, presents the following work to facilitate the entry of ceramic coverings to markets ...
Beyond the energy balance: Exergy analysis of an industrial roller kiln firing porcelain tiles
(Elsevier, 2019-03)
The ceramic tile manufacturing process consumes large amounts of energy, mainly in the firing stage. Firing usually takes place in natural gas-fuelled continuous roller kilns, the most widely used tile firing facilities ...
Estimación de la huella hídrica de baldosas de gres porcelánico esmaltado
(Sociedad Española de Cerámica y VidrioAsociación Española de Técnicos Cerámicos, 2013)
En este trabajo se presenta un primer estudio de la estimación de la huella
hídrica de las baldosas de gres porcelánico esmaltado, realizado a partir de
datos sectoriales, es decir, no es un estudio específico de ninguna ...
The puzzling issue of silica toxicity: are silanols bridging the gaps between surface states and pathogenicity?
(Springer Nature, 2019)
Background: Silica continues to represent an intriguing topic of fundamental and applied research across various
scientific fields, from geology to physics, chemistry, cell biology, and particle toxicology. The pathogenic ...
Effectiveness of nanoparticle exposure mitigation measures in industrial settings
(Elsevier, 2019-07)
Inhalation of airborne nanoparticles is a well-known source of potentially health-hazardous occupational exposures. Effective mitigation measures are necessary to reduce exposure, but also challenging to implement due to ...
Workplace Exposure to Nanoparticles during Thermal Spraying of Ceramic Coatings
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019-01)
Thermal spraying is widely used for industrial-scale application of ceramic coatings onto metallic surfaces. The particular process has implications for occupational health, as the high energy process generates high emissions ...