Article | REF: C940 V1

Building ceramics - Tiles and sanitaryware

Authors: Henri LE DOUSSAL, Marcel VOUILLEMET

Publication date: November 10, 1997

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1. Raw materials

1.1 Clay

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1.1.1 Functions

Due to the colloidal nature of its silicate particles, clay develops specific properties in the presence of water, enabling it to be shaped by :

  • casting (rheological behaviour of aqueous suspensions, cohesion and plasticity of the shards formed);

  • sizing, stretching, pressing into soft dough (cohesion and plasticity) ;

  • unidirectional pressing (cohesion of granulated masses with low...

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