New Surface Properties in Porcelain Gres Tiles with a Look to Human and Environmental Safety
Traditional photocatalysis is here brought forward for both the use of nanosized TiO2 crystallites and the possibility to have a release of TiO2 particles during the final use of the manufactured products. In the present paper both the preparation and characterization of a new generation of photocat...
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| author | C. L. Bianchi C. Pirola S. Gatto S. Nucci A. Minguzzi G. Cerrato S. Biella V. Capucci |
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| description | Traditional photocatalysis is here brought forward for both the use of nanosized TiO2 crystallites and the possibility to have a release of TiO2 particles during the final use of the manufactured products. In the present paper both the preparation and characterization of a new generation of photocatalytic tiles are presented. The originality of these products is the surface presence of microsized TiO2 as it is not clear yet the impact of the nanoparticles on both human and environmental safety. TiO2 is here mixed with a silica compound and the final thermal treatment at 680°C allows the complete surface vitrification which, in turn, makes the tiles surface strongly resistant to abrasion. Photocatalytic efficiency towards the degradation of NOx in gas phase was measured in both a batch and a plug-flow reactor. The latter reactor configuration was also modeled by digital simulations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-366d3d2d12134df18cc220e47cb911d52025-08-20T03:55:07ZengWileyAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering1687-84341687-84422012-01-01201210.1155/2012/970182970182New Surface Properties in Porcelain Gres Tiles with a Look to Human and Environmental SafetyC. L. Bianchi0C. Pirola1S. Gatto2S. Nucci3A. Minguzzi4G. Cerrato5S. Biella6V. Capucci7Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milan, ItalyDipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milan, ItalyDipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milan, ItalyDipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milan, ItalyDipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milan, ItalyConsorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali, Via G. Giusti 9, 50121 Florence, ItalyConsorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali, Via G. Giusti 9, 50121 Florence, ItalyGranitiFiandre S.p.A, Via Radici Nord 112, 42014 Castellarano, ItalyTraditional photocatalysis is here brought forward for both the use of nanosized TiO2 crystallites and the possibility to have a release of TiO2 particles during the final use of the manufactured products. In the present paper both the preparation and characterization of a new generation of photocatalytic tiles are presented. The originality of these products is the surface presence of microsized TiO2 as it is not clear yet the impact of the nanoparticles on both human and environmental safety. TiO2 is here mixed with a silica compound and the final thermal treatment at 680°C allows the complete surface vitrification which, in turn, makes the tiles surface strongly resistant to abrasion. Photocatalytic efficiency towards the degradation of NOx in gas phase was measured in both a batch and a plug-flow reactor. The latter reactor configuration was also modeled by digital simulations.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/970182 |
| spellingShingle | C. L. Bianchi C. Pirola S. Gatto S. Nucci A. Minguzzi G. Cerrato S. Biella V. Capucci New Surface Properties in Porcelain Gres Tiles with a Look to Human and Environmental Safety Advances in Materials Science and Engineering |
| title | New Surface Properties in Porcelain Gres Tiles with a Look to Human and Environmental Safety |
| title_full | New Surface Properties in Porcelain Gres Tiles with a Look to Human and Environmental Safety |
| title_fullStr | New Surface Properties in Porcelain Gres Tiles with a Look to Human and Environmental Safety |
| title_full_unstemmed | New Surface Properties in Porcelain Gres Tiles with a Look to Human and Environmental Safety |
| title_short | New Surface Properties in Porcelain Gres Tiles with a Look to Human and Environmental Safety |
| title_sort | new surface properties in porcelain gres tiles with a look to human and environmental safety |
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