Effects of Processing Condition on the Properties of Porcelain Building Ceramic Tiles

Abstract:

Due to low water absorption, high bending strength and abrasion resistance, and excellent chemical and frost resistance, porcelain building ceramic tiles are the highest increase in production and sales over all other kind of building ceramic tiles materials. In this paper, porcelain building ceramic tiles was prepared by a fast firing process of rare earth tailings as the main raw material, low fused sand and Zhuji porcelain sand et al mixture. Effects of firing temperature and forming pressure on the sintering behavior and mechanical property of porcelain building ceramic tiles were studied. The sintering behavior of the fired samples was evaluated by linear shrinkage and water absorption. The fired samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and bending strength measurements. The sample is pressured at 15 MPa and sintered at 1180 °C and endowed with 0.04% of the water absorption and 51 MPa of the bending strength, due to denser microstructure. The obtained results would contribute to save natural resources and protect environment.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 655)
• Pages: 253-257
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.655.253
• Online since: July 2015
• Authors: Wei Xia Dong*, Jian Er Zhou, Xing Yong Gu, Qi Fu Bao, Kun Liu, Tian Gui Zhao
• Keywords: Bending Strength, Firing Temperature, Forming Pressure, Porcelain Building Ceramic, Water Absorption

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