1. Industrial silicate ceramics

1.1 Applications

With a very wide range of applications, from construction and consumer products to industrial processes and the latest technologies, the silicate ceramics industry is constantly developing innovative, high value-added technological products and solutions that improve our quality of life and facilitate progress in many essential sectors.

The distinctive feature of most industrial silicate ceramics is that they are manufactured from mixtures of mineral raw materials. These mineral resources are essentially in the following mineral groups:

• clays ;

• kaolins;

• quartz ;

• feldspars ;

• ...