Effect of mechanical and chemical wear on soil attachment and cleanability of sanitary ware with additional coatings

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 951-958

  Piispanen, Minna ^a,b   Kronberg, Thomas ^c   Areva, Sami ^d   Hupa, Leena ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c Ido Bathroom Ltd   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEAR; CLEANABILITY; CONSTANT LOADS; DETERGENT SOLUTION; FLUOROPOLYMER; FLUOROPOLYMER FILMS; GLASSY LAYERS; GLAZED SURFACES; MECHANICAL ABRASION; MECHANICAL WEAR; MICRO-FIBER; SANITARY WARE; STEEL WOOL; SURFACE CHEMICALS; SURFACE HYDROPHILICITY; SURFACE TOPOLOGY; TITANIA COATINGS; TITANIA FILMS; WATER CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT; WHITE LIGHT;

ABRASION; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; DETERGENTS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GELS; LOAD TESTING; MECHANICAL TESTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; STEEL TESTING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM PLATING; WOOL; YARN;

ALKALINITY;

EID: 79952584076     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04120.x     Document Type: Article

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