Porcelainized stoneware is an extremely hard and homogeneous unglazed ceramic material obtained by fast-firing of kaolinitic ceramic bodies containing a large amount of fluxes. The obtained tiles, available in a large variety of colours, shape size and surface finish, are characterized by very low porosity (<0.3wt% expressed as wafer absorption) and are ideal for heavy-traffic areas subject to mechanical and chemical stresses. Porcelainized stoneware tiles offer alternative valid (and in many cases necessary) solutions to the traditional glazed tiles either for interiors or for exteriors both in modem or classic constructions for flooring and covering.Porcelainized stoneware is an extremely hard and homogeneous unglazed ceramic material obtained by fast-firing of kaolinitic ceramic bodies containing a large amount of fluxes. The obtained tiles, available in a large variety of colours, shape size and surface finish, are characterized by very low porosity (<0.3wt% expressed as wafer absorption) and are ideal for heavy-traffic areas subject to mechanical and chemical stresses. Porcelainized stoneware tiles offer alternative valid (and in many cases necessary) solutions to the traditional glazed tiles either for interiors or for exteriors both in modem or classic constructions for flooring and covering.El gres porcelanico es un material ceramico muy duro yhomogeneo, no vidriado en su superficie, obtenido porcoccion rapida de composiciones ricas en caolinita,conteniendo una gran cantidad de fundentes. Las plaquetasde pavimentos que se obtienen son de una variedad muyextensa en aspectos, disenos y colores, caracterizandose,fundamentalmente, por su muy baja porosidad (<0,3wt%,expresado en porcentaje de capacidad de absorcion deagua). Estos material es son ideal es para trafico pesado enareas sujetas a intensas tensiones mecanicas y quimicas. Elgres porcelanico ofrece altemativas vdlidas (y, en muchoscasos, soluciones necesarias) a los pavimentos vidriadostradicionales, en interiores o para usos exteriores, amboscon decoraciones modernas o clasicas para suelos orecubrimientos de paredes
