March 2015
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Inkjet printing is obviously the leading technology for ceramic tiles decoration and it is also a common practice to protect the applied decoration with a transparent glaze to avoid abrasion. A protection glaze based on Sr-Al-Si (Zn, Ca, Ba) glass ceramic system with high transparency, abrasion resistance, chemical resistance and matt aspect after firing was developed in this research work. The protection glaze was applied on glazed porcelain tiles subsequent to the inkjet printing application. Tiles proved to be resistant to abrasion, stain, thermal shock and chemical attacks without deformation.