Feldspars are the most abundant mineral in the earth's crust, however, their interest in
ceramic industry goes beyond their abundancy. The unique compositional and structural …

The ceramic tile industry is a dynamic sector whose technological innovation and market
trends have drawn a complex picture of products and processes. Raw materials have been …

High performance ceramic tiles (ISO 13006 Group BIa, water absorption< 0.5%) are
composed of porcelain stoneware: a compact and light-colored material containing a large …

The compositional diversity of vitrified silicate ceramics has been quantified through
multivariate statistical analysis and by means of specific chemical parameters of bodies …

Porcelain stoneware is a strongly sintered ceramic material fabricated from ball clays-quartz-
feldspar mixtures. Porcelain stoneware is characterized by its excellent technical and …

This work examines the effect of microstructure (aspect ratio of mullite crystals and
proportion of crystalline and amorphous phases) as well as different physical features (bulk …

The Global warming is a real problem that attracts great amount of investigations in order to
reduce its adverse impact over the planet. The reduction of the heat island effect and the …

Kitchen and bathroom countertop is a demanding application, where high aesthetic
standards must combine with durability, ease of maintenance, and resistance to heat, stain …

The thermal transformations processes of kaolinite (K) in kaolinitic clays is known to consist
of a dehydroxylation into metakaolin (MK) at≈ 600° C, followed by the formation of a spinel …

The recycling of cement asbestos slates (CASs) thermally treated in air at 1100° C as
secondary raw material in the production of Vitreous China (VC) sanitary wares has been …