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Porcelain Polished Tiles
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History of Porcelain

[Ital. porcellana ], white, hard, permanent, nonporous pottery having translucence which is resonant when struck. Porcelain was first made by the Chinese to withstand the great heat generated in certain parts of their kilns. The two natural substances used were kaolin, also known as china clay, a white clay free of impurities that melts only at very high temperature, and a feldspar mineral called petuntse that forms a glassy cement, binding the vessel permanently. Although proto-porcelain wares exist dating from the Shang, by the Eastern Han high firing glazed ceramic wares had developed into porcelain, and porcelain manufactured during the T'ang period (618-906) was exported to the Islamic world where it was highly prized. The ware was refined during the Sung period (960-1279). During the Yuan period (1280-1368), blue and white ware was produced by utilizing cobalt blue from the Middle East. The Ming period (1368-1644) developed this blue and white ware but used other colors as well. The Ch'ing period (1644-1912) designed porcelain especially for export often utilizing Western designs. In Europe porcelain was first commercially produced (1710) in Meissen, Germany. Most of the European porcelain is soft paste (made from clay and an artificial compound such as ground glass) and is not as strong as the Chinese hard-paste porcelain. Important European centers for porcelain are Bow, Chelsea, Worcester, Staffordshire, Vienna, Meissen, Sèvres, Limoges, and Rouen.

Porcelain Tiles

Porcelain tile is a tile that is generally made by the dust pressed method from a composition which results in a tile that is dense, impervious, fine grained and smooth, with a sharply formed face. Porcelain tile is available in mat, unglazed or a high polished finish. Porcelain is available in natural, smooth, polished and structured finishes. New technologies allowed creating decorative effects on the surface of Porcelain tiles with a striking resemblance to natural stones, marble and granite. Porcelain consists of a dried body of selected clays, kaolinitic minerals, quartz and feldspar, covered by spray and shaped by dry pressing to form a ceramic material that is then fired in an oven at temperatures up to 1250 deg. C. The water absorption of Porcelain is below 0.5%. It has great flexural strength. It is resistant to wear, deep abrasion, most chemical attacks and frost. Think man made stone Ceramic Tile! Technology has changed ceramic tile forever. Forget white, forget 4 ¼ , forget vinyl ! Think beautiful, durable and larger.