Ceramic tiles: terms and definitions

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Question 1

Glazed ceramic tiles can be used to cover walls and floors. Which of the following statements regarding glaze are true?

Score: 10 out of 10

Your Answer	Option	Right?	Result
	Frit is a special type of glass that, during the firing of the tile, melts and adheres tightly to the shard.		1
	Transparent glazes are colorless and colored.		1
	The fragility of the adhesion of the glaze to the shard is expressed in the formation of a network of cracks in the glaze layer (cek) or the detachment of the glaze from the shard after firing and cooling.		1
	Glaze is a shiny or enamel glassy layer in the form of a thin film (1 - 3 mm).		0
	Transparent glazes are also called enamels.		0
	Glaze, consisting of frits only, is used only to achieve a shiny surface on some types of wall tiles.		1
	The chemical composition of the glaze and the ceramic shard is different. Their thermal expansion also varies in size.		1
	Tsek is a type of glaze defect. This occurs due to the difference in the expansion coefficients of the shard and the glaze itself. The center has the appearance of web-like cracks.		1

Material on this issue is in the article Glaze general concepts and classification .

Question 2

Ceramic products can be divided into three groups:

building ceramics;
facing ceramics;
art ceramics.

Which of the following products can be classified as veneer ceramics?

Score: 0 out of 10

Your Answer	Option	Right?	Result
	Roof tiles		0
	Dishes		0
	Compositions, for example, a vase with flowers, a girl on a swing, etc.		0
	Expanded clay		0
	Facing brick		1
	Pipes		0
	Ceramic tile		1
	Brick		0
	Tile		0

Information on this issue is presented in the article Ceramic products, facing ceramics .

Question 3

Gres porcellanato. Tiles with a light or colored base, plain (monocolor) or fine-grained with a compacted, vitrified shard, produced by pressing. The technical and commercial name for this type of tile in some countries is as follows:

Score: 6.6666666666667 out of 10

Your Answer	Option	Right?	Result
	Germany – Porzellan Steinzeugfliesen		0
	Ukraine - Piastrella		0
	Poland - Super Gres		0
	England – Fully Vitrified Porcelain Tiles or Vitrified Stoneware		1
	Italy – Gres Porcellanato		1
	France - Gres ceramic		0
	Portugal - Granito Porcelanato Ceramica		0
	Spain - Gres Porcelanico		1
	Russia – ceramic granite or porcelain stoneware		1

Material on this issue is presented in the article Unglazed tiles .

Question 4

Unglazed tiles consist of one layer - a ceramic shard. The color is obtained from the raw material or is colored by metal oxides throughout the tile body (tile). The surface can remain untreated (natural) or be processed, taking on various surfaces: polished, honed, rusticated, structured, etc. Unglazed tiles include:

Score: 8 out of 10

Your Answer	Option	Right?	Result
	Clinker		1
	Majolica		0
	Extruded gres		1
	Cottoforte		0
	Gres red		1
	Gres Porcellanato (ceramic granite)		1
	Cotto (terracotta)		0

Information on this issue is presented in the article Unglazed tiles .

Question 5

The existence of ceramic slabs with different types of surfaces is the result of successful experiments by manufacturers. The most popular of them can be considered surface polishing (with its variations). Select the correct definitions or statements.

Score: 5.7142857142857 out of 10

Your Answer	Option	Right?	Result
	To obtain polished tiles, their surface is polished with special diamond nozzles using a large number of chemicals.		0
	The tile that comes out of the kiln and is not subjected to additional mechanical treatment after firing has a matte surface.		1
	When polishing, the topmost “sintered” layer is cut off. As a result, polished porcelain stoneware is slightly inferior to matte in terms of performance characteristics, in particular, wear resistance.		1
	A matte surface is more slippery than, for example, polished or glazed.		0
	Polished porcelain tiles are less slippery than polished ones, but due to the smooth surface of such tiles, they are easy to clean.		0
	A polished surface is obtained by special matte polishing.		0
	When exposed to water, polished tiles become very slippery.		1
	Tiles with a matte surface are not only the most affordable, since they do not require additional processing, but also the most durable.		0
	Polished Surface - The surface of glazed or unglazed ceramic tiles and slabs that is polished at the final stage of manufacture to impart shine.		1

Material on this issue is presented in the article Porcelain tiles - many faces and diversity .

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