Porcelain tile microstructure: Implications for polished tile properties

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2533-2540

  Sanchez E ^a   Ibanez M J ^a   Garcia Ten J ^a   Quereda, M F ^a   Hutchings, I M ^b   Xu, Y M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGÍA CERÁMICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Microstructure final; Porosity; Surfaces; Tiles; Traditional ceramics

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DENSIFICATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; SINTERING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TILE;

LIQUID-PHASE SINTERING; MICROSTRUCTURE FINAL; PORCELAIN TILE TILE MICROSTRUCTURE; TRADITIONAL CERAMICS;

PORCELAIN;

COMPOSITION; DENSIFICATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORCELAIN; POROSITY; SINTERING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TILE;

EID: 33745672779     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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