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: Received: 12 April 2019 / Approved: 15 April 2019 / Online: 15 April 2019 (11:51:38 CEST)
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Montazerian, M.; Eilaghi, M.; Mousavi, N. Deep Abrasion Resistance of Porcelain Stoneware Tiles: An Updated Look. Preprints2019, 2019040168. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201904.0168.v1.
Montazerian, M.; Eilaghi, M.; Mousavi, N. Deep Abrasion Resistance of Porcelain Stoneware Tiles: An Updated Look. Preprints 2019, 2019040168. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201904.0168.v1.
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Montazerian, M.; Eilaghi, M.; Mousavi, N. Deep Abrasion Resistance of Porcelain Stoneware Tiles: An Updated Look. Preprints2019, 2019040168. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201904.0168.v1.
Montazerian, M.; Eilaghi, M.; Mousavi, N. Deep Abrasion Resistance of Porcelain Stoneware Tiles: An Updated Look. Preprints 2019, 2019040168. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201904.0168.v1.
Abstract
When we were working on improving the resistance to deep abrasion of porcelain stoneware tiles, several tiles which had a very high resistance to abrasion were found in the market. The abraded volume of these tiles, measured via ISO 10545-6 method, was conspicuously less than 75 mm3. These values were well below the standard limit (<175 mm3) and reported values in the literature (>110 mm3). We determined the chemical, physical and microstructural characteristics of these tiles and other commercially available ones to find the relationship between the abrasion resistance and the technical specifications. We also characterized the samples by Vickers microhardness (VH), X-ray diffraction (XRD), mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It was observed that the high resistance to abrasion could be due to the presence of an adequate glassy phase capable of wetting all the hard crystalline phases in the matrix such as quartz and mullite. Therefore, the resistance to deep abrasion could be improved by increasing the amount of “vitreous” matrix, without altering the content of "hard" phases considerably well-bonded to the matrix.
Keywords
porcelain; tile; abrasion resistance; glass
Subject
MATERIALS SCIENCE, General Materials Science
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