Tile is a piece of artificial stone that has different lengths and widths, and its thickness is a few millimeters, and one side has a glass surface and is completely smooth and polished. Tiles are terracotta and ceramic products that are used in buildings. And it has a special importance, such as: toilets, kitchens and water under public toilets, etc.
Tile is used for interior and exterior decoration of the building as well as for hygiene and waterproofing.
Words Kashi is adapted from the name of the city of Kashan, which was famous as the center of the pottery industry since the early Islamic era.
Ingredients
A piece of tile consists of two parts:
- The clay piece that forms the main part and skeleton of the tile.
- Glaze on it, which is a material It is made of glass and its upper part. One of the most important factors in the tile industry is to choose these two materials so that their expansion coefficient is equal.
Tile application
Tiles are used for interior and exterior decoration of buildings (especially in religious places) and also for hygiene and moisture insulation. 2 and 1 x 2 to 50 x 50 cm and even bigger, which can show a painting in the installation place with different colors. The quality of the tile should be such that sudden changes in temperature from 100 to 20 degrees It tolerates the grade well and no cracks appear in the body or its glaze.
Wall tiles are used to maintain hygiene and humidity in the kitchen of sanitary environments.
Floor tiles Also, due to wear and high thermal and electrical resistance, they are used in kitchens, bathrooms, laboratories, laundry houses and chemical factories. Also, the tile should have smooth dimensions and sharp corners.
Ceramic structure
The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word kramos, which means clay or baked clay, and in fact, to introduce ceramics, it should be said that it is the art and science of making and using solid and fragile objects whose main and main material is soil (this soil (includes: kaolin and earthen clay) has been taken.
Ceramic industry is actually not limited to the making of simple pottery dishes and tools of the past and has a great application in all dimensions of human civilization and technology today. And the preparation of all ceramic items is almost the same and depending on the application, there are slight differences in the production method.
Applications of ceramics
The use of ceramics in flooring and façade construction or in the production of sanitary ware and building materials such as bricks, decorative ceramics inside and outside buildings, roof ceramics, sewage canals, anti-acidic ceramics are all ceramics that have been produced since ancient times. and has been consumed. Also, the use of ceramics in various industries such as: - Preparation of heat and electricity resistant devices - Electric fuses - Car spark plugs >- Casting
- Preparation of very accurate thermal elements
- Space equipment
- Sanding
- Filing
- Turning
- Ultra-precise castings
- Fire bricks