Estimation of Impact-Echo Method for the Assessment of Long-Term Frost Resistance of Ceramic Tiles

Abstract:

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the possibility of using the Impact-echo method for assessment of extremely long period of frost resistance of ceramic tiles. Sets of ceramic tiles of the Ia class to EN 14 411 B standard made by manufacture RACOs have been analyzed. The ceramic tiles under investigation have been subjected to 500 freeze-thaw-cycle based degradation in compliance with the relevant EN ISO 10545-12 standard. To verify the correctness of the Impact-echo method results, additional physical properties of the ceramic tiles under test have been measured. To analyze the specimen surface condition, we also used Olympus LEXT 3100 confocal scanning microscope. It has been proved that the acoustic method Impact-echo is a sensitive indicator of the structure condition and can be applied to the ceramic cladding element frost resistance and service life prediction assessment.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1000)
• Pages: 285-288
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1000.285
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Michal Matysík*, Iveta Plšková, Zdeněk Chobola
• Keywords: Ceramic Tiles, Confocal Microscopy, Freeze-Thaw Cycles, Impact-Echo, Very Long Frost Resistance

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