A two-stage ceramic tile grout sealing process using a high power diode laser Part I: Grout development and materials characteristics [PDF]
Work has been conducted using a 60 W-cw high power diode laser (HPDL) in order to determine the feasibility and characteristics of sealing the void between adjoining ceramic tiles with a specially developed grout material having an impermeable enamel ...
Basov +11 more
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Glazed Pottery Throughout the Middle and Modern Ages in Northern Spain
A total of forty samples of medieval and modern glazed pottery from northern Spain were studied. Chemical and microstructural analyses of the glazes were performed by scanning electron microscopy coupled with electron dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDX ...
Ainhoa Alonso-Olazabal +3 more
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The colour and golden shine of early silver Islamic lustre [PDF]
A selection of lustres including 9th century AD polychrome and 10th century AD monochrome Abbasid lustres from Iraq, and 10th to 12th centuries AD Fatimid lustres from Egypt and Syria is studied in the present paper.
Climent Font, Aurelio +5 more
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Study of Architectural Ceramics of the Qal'a of Bani Hammad
In order to define with precision, the physicochemical characteristics of the architectural ceramic exhumed from the Qal'a of Bani Hammad’s site (inscribed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1980), our study was conducted on a set of ceramics.
Abla Brahimi, Messaoud Hamiane
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Tiles from Aosta: A Peculiar Glaze Roof Covering
The 18th century roof tiles from the “Casa delle vigne”, located in the Aosta region (north-east Italy), were investigated as an example of a peculiar historical roof covering: ceramic tiles with a lead-based glaze finishing to waterproof them are used ...
Eleonora Balliana +3 more
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A comparative analysis of the wear characteristics of glazes generated on the ordinary Portland cement surface of concrete by means of CO2 and high power diode laser radiation [PDF]
The wear characteristics of a glaze generated on the ordinary Portland cement (OPC) surface of concrete using a 2 kW high power diode laser (HPDL) and a 3 kW CO2 laser have been determined.
Borodina +11 more
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High power diode laser surface glazing of concrete [PDF]
This present work describes the utilisation of the relatively novel high power diode laser (HPDL) to generate a surface glaze on the ordinary Portland cement (OPC) surface of concrete.
Borodina T. I. +11 more
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Surface treatment of an Al2O3-based refractory with CO2 and high power diode lasers for improved mechanical and chemical resistance characteristics [PDF]
Within both normal and corrosive (NaOH and HNO3) environmental conditions, the wear rate and wear life characteristics of an Al2O3-based refractory were greatly enhanced by means of CO2 and high power diode laser (HPDL) surface treatment.
Ashbrook +32 more
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In this paper, the glazes of a multicomponent system (SiO2-Al2O3-CaO-MgO-Na2O-K2O-BaO-ZnO-ZrO2) were examined. This work focuses on five glazes and the difference between them as the molar ratio of the alkali oxides Na2O/K2O.
Janusz Partyka +2 more
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Environment-friendly pigments based on AFeO3 (A = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Y or Yb) with high near-infrared (NIR) reflectance were synthesised by a coprecipitation method at 1200 °C.
Maria Fortuño-Morte +3 more
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