Ceramic tiles: terms and definitions

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Question 1

Ceramic tiles and slabs are used mainly for flooring and wall cladding. As a rule, they are molded at room temperature using the extrusion method (method A) or the semi-dry pressing method (method B). Indicate what types of ceramic tiles are molded using the semi-dry pressing method (method B).

Score: -45 out of 10

Your Answer	Option	Right?	Result
	Cotto (terracotta)		-10
	Gres red		1
	Cottoforte		0
	Majolica		0
	Clinker		-10
	Porcelain tiles		1

Information on this issue can be found on the forum Classification of tiles and area of use .

Question 2

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: 5 out of 10

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

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

Question 3

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

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

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: 4 out of 10

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

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

Question 5

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

Score: 0 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.		0
	Transparent glazes are colorless and colored.		1
	Transparent glazes are also called enamels.		0
	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.		0
	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).		-1
	Glaze, consisting of frits only, is used only to achieve a shiny surface on some types of wall tiles.		0

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

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