A comparative investigation of the wear characteristics of a high power diode laser generated single-stage tile grout and commercial epoxy tile grout

J. Lawrence; L. Li; R. E. Edwards; A. G. Gale

doi:10.1016/S0043-1648(01)00853-5

A comparative investigation of the wear characteristics of a high power diode laser generated single-stage tile grout and commercial epoxy tile grout

J. Lawrence, L. Li, R. E. Edwards, A. G. Gale

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A comparative study of a single-stage ceramic tile grout, generated using a 60 W high power diode laser (HPDL), and a commercially available tile grout has determined the wear characteristics of the two materials. Within both normal and corrosive environmental conditions, the single-stage ceramic tile grout proved to have a superior wear rate over the epoxy tile grout, 0.9 mg/cm2 h compared with 125 mg/cm2 h, when in an HNO3 environment. Likewise, life assessment testing revealed that the single-stage ceramic tile grout gave an increase in wear life of 4-42 times over the commercially available epoxy tile grout, depending upon the corrosive environment. It is believed that the economic and material benefits to be gained from the deployment of such an effective and efficient means of sealing ceramic tiles could be significant. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	88-95
Number of pages	7
Journal	Wear
Volume	252
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0043-1648(01)00853-5
Publication status	Published - Jan 2002

Keywords

Epoxy tile grout
High power diode laser
Life characteristics
Single-stage seal
Surface glazing
Wear

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A comparative investigation of the wear characteristics of a high power diode laser generated single-stage tile grout and commercial epoxy tile grout

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