Such, simple, at first glance, building material, such as ceramic tiles, is divided into several fundamentally different subspecies of this tile. Depending on the type of production, it is customary to divide it into several types: monocottra, bikottur, cuckut, clinker, monoporosis, monocottra – obtaining tiles by pressing, and single firing. It does not have any exceptional properties. This product will be resistant to aggressive chemical compounds and domestic means. With special processing, you can get frost -resistant specimens. The material of this species is more often used for walls and floor, as it has a high density and wear resistance, compared to other types.
Bikottura – a method of pressing and double firing. After the workpiece is compressed, the first firing is fixed by its base, and the second is created and fixed by the enamel. If you want to distinguish it from tiles of a different species, you should pay attention to the small thickness, ease of product and red-brown mass underlying the material. Such ceramics are fragile and porous in its structure, but the production process allows you to make collections of several colors. Therefore, it is used for walls of rooms, and not for floor or ceiling.
Cotto – non -enamulated ceramic tiles on a red porous base. Get it by single firing. It is ceramics produced by the Cotto method that is more reliable, even than produced by a monocottourne way. The melt of the material is subjected to extrusion (pushing through a special hole) and burned at a temperature of 1100 degrees. The resulting tile has a very high resistance to bends and compression of this product and therefore is more often used for flooring.
The clinker is a single firing tile, but with a multi -colored base. Strength allows you to use it to lay floors and walls of residential premises.
Monoporosis – a single firing, but a distinctive feature of such tiles is that firing is produced simultaneously with pressing. It uses somewhat different components than in the manufacture of other single firing tiles and this allows you to get large -sized ceramic materials, which often have the color of marble, but are inferior in strength to their colleagues, released by single firing. Now, it’s time to talk about characteristics. According to the characteristics, it is customary to divide it into two large groups: 1) types of exposure that can withstand.2) Requirements for the structure put forward by the consumer.
If you want to choose ceramics that perfectly satisfy your needs, then you should pay attention to its general characteristics. Such as: the characteristic of homogeneity – determines how much it is likely to achieve the uniformity of masonry, that is, to obtain a protective layer of tiles in which bloating, shifts and other ugly deformations will not be observed. Characteristics – will tell us about the structure of the chosen tile. This characteristic is mainly used to assess water absorption. Mechanical characteristics – determine the resistance and strength. Tiles with high mechanical characteristics will be more resistant to impacts and scratches. Chemical characteristics – show us how safe to process the material with household detergents and other chemical compounds. Thermal sigrometric characteristics – determine the resistance of our ceramic tile to high and low temperatures and its sharp difference. Safety characteristics – what you need to know for safe operation. These are some sanitary norms and physical operation standards. For example, the coefficient of tile friction and its ability to distinguish harmful substances. Taking into account the above characteristics, you can confidently choose the product that you need.