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http://dx.doi.org/10.6111/JKCGCT.2019.29.5.215

Hydrophobic property of surface glaze of ceramic tiles by copper powder addition  

Choi, Cheong-Soo (Icheon Branch, Korean Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology)
Han, Kyu-Sung (Icheon Branch, Korean Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology)
Hwang, Kwang-Taek (Icheon Branch, Korean Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology)
Kim, Jin-Ho (Icheon Branch, Korean Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology)
Abstract
Ceramic tiles, which are widely used as interior and exterior materials for construction, have recently been required to have pollution prevention function. In order to remove contaminants, many researches of ceramic tiles with hydrophilic surface property through $TiO_2$ coating and hydrophobic surface property by improving the flow of water droplets have been proceeded. Expecially, it is very important to develop a surface glaze having hydrophobicity through a sintering process above $1000^{\circ}C$ without an additional coating process and the degradation of mechanical properties. In this study, surface glaze with copper powder was applied to manufacture of ceramic tile. Contact angle of ceramic tile according to thickness of surface glaze layer was investigated after the conventional sintering process. The contact angle of the ceramic tile surface without the copper powder was shown to be $25.3^{\circ}$, which is close to hydrophilic surface. However, the contact angle was increased up to $109.8^{\circ}$ when the thickness of surface glaze with the copper powder was $150{\mu}m$. The excellent hydrophobic property of the surface glaze with copper powder was resulted from the cellular structure of copper particles on the glaze surface. In addition, the mechanical properties of the developed hydrophobic ceramic tiles such as bending strength, chemical resistance, abrasion resistance, and frost resistance were well maintained and meet the criteria of 'KS L 1001 Ceramic tile'.
Keywords
Ceramic tile; Hydrophobic property; Copper powder; Surface glaze; Contact angle;
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