Porcelain tile: Almost 30 years of steady scientific-technological evolution

Ceramics International

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 831-845

  Sanchez E ^a   Garcia Ten J ^a   Sanz, V ^a   Moreno, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGÍA CERÁMICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. Pressing; B. Microstructure final; B. Microstructure prefiring; D. Traditional ceramics

Indexed keywords

A. PRESSING; D LINES; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MEDIUM TERM; MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE FINAL; PIGMENT PRODUCERS; PORCELAIN TILE; PROCESSABILITY; SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES; TRADITIONAL CERAMICS;

MACHINERY; PORCELAIN; SINTERING;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 76449094250     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2009.11.016     Document Type: Review

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