Nowadays, decoration requires a variety of materials, and stone and ceramic tiles are the two most common. However, since the cut natural stone and ceramic tiles are very similar in appearance, price, function, etc., many people think that there is not much difference between the two. So, what is the difference between building stone and ceramic tile? Below, let's take a look with the editor of FABULOUS Group.
1. Comparison of practicality
Stone has super durability and durability, and has been the most important construction and decoration material since ancient times. Most of the best preserved ancient buildings in the world are stone buildings. Ceramic tiles have weak impact resistance and are easily broken: Whether in the process of production, transportation, installation or use, ceramic tiles are very easy to be broken and have large losses. This is determined by the nature of its own materials and cannot be changed.
In addition, tiles are also prone to wear. Usually, after the tiles are laid, the seam wear in the home is about 6 months, and the surface of the tiles will basically have different degrees of wear after 8-12 months; use in public places In general, edge seam wear will appear in 2-3 months, and ceramic tiles will experience varying degrees of wear within 6 months. In terms of wear resistance, stone products are also far better than ceramic tiles.
2. Comparison of properties
Stone is more of a natural object. After being cut and polished, only the shape or form has changed, but the substance itself has not changed. Ceramic tiles are made of refractory metal oxides and semi-metal oxides through the processes of grinding, mixing, pressing, glazing, and sintering to form an acid- and alkali-resistant porcelain or stone material. The raw materials are mostly mixed with clay, quartz sand, etc., which are artificial stones produced after chemical changes, and are new substances formed by chemical reactions of sand, stone, and mud.
3. Price comparison
After purchasing ceramic tiles, workers can lay them at home, but natural stone needs to be processed before it can be laid on the ground. Therefore, many customers think that the price of artificial stone is more expensive than ceramic tiles. In fact, taking a beige natural stone from Africa as an example, the price after processing is about 700 yuan per square meter, while the price of a domestic ceramic tile with similar patterns and textures is about 620 yuan per square meter. Therefore, the prices of the two are actually not much different.
4. Comparison of decorative feelings
In terms of decorative effects, every unit and family paving tiles deeply understand the coldness of tiles in winter! As a result, many people suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, not to mention those who originally suffer from rheumatoid arthritis. How did the old people endure hard in the cold and long winter.
Good stone is like "jade", the so-called "warm and moist as jade", for a good stone product, after decoration, it can make people feel warm in winter and cool in summer, full of warmth.
5, thermal expansion coefficient comparison
Stones are mostly taken from the natural world, their physical and chemical properties are very stable, the coefficient of thermal expansion is small, and there is little product deformation due to temperature changes.
The thermal expansion coefficient of ceramic tiles is relatively large, which is easy to cause deformation of the product, especially in winter, the phenomenon of tile arching is easy to occur.
6. ??Safety comparison
The surface treatment process of the ceramic tile makes it produce very little friction during use, so it is very slippery; if the tile absorbs oil, it will be even more slippery. There are countless elderly and children injured by slippery tiles every year, and some even become disabled. Even agile young people sometimes inevitably stumble and fall --- the tiles are too slippery.
In comparison, although stone products are not as smooth as ceramic tiles, they are very suitable for living and walking, and there will be no safety hazards.
7, color difference comparison
Natural stone has relatively obvious color difference due to its naturalness, and the surface texture of natural stone is not as rich as that of ceramic tiles, but the paving effect of natural stone appears natural and atmospheric, which is incomparable to ceramic tiles.
The ceramic tiles are manufactured by manual processing at a later stage, which avoids chromatic aberration to a certain extent, but even the best ceramic tiles will have chromatic aberration. This is an unavoidable problem, mainly due to the limitations of raw materials and production processes.
8. Shape and accuracy comparison
Stone materials can be cut in different shapes according to different requirements. Because of the specification requirements, ceramic tiles have relatively large limitations in shape production. In addition, in the production process of ceramic tiles, due to temperature changes or equipment and process limitations, the length of each side has a large error. (Detection method: use a ruler to measure the diagonal and you will find that the length is different).