Sintered Stone vs Porcelain Slabs

Like porcelain, sintered stone can be used for multiple surfaces in building architecture, home interiors and commercial design.

Sintered stone is used for cladding, flooring, building facades, and residential and business countertops and work surfaces.

Sintered stone and porcelain are both made by "sintering" raw materials.

The environments in which porcelains and sintered stones can be installed are similar. Since they are both very hard materials,

specific tools are required for cutting them. A lot of people think both materials is the same, they have some similarities in

common, yes but they are different. Sintered Stone slabs is not the same as porcelain slabs.

Here are some of the differences between sintered stone and porcelain:

Raw Materials :
Both use different raw materials, thus the end result is different.
- Porcelain makes use of raw materials like clay, silica, feldspar, and flint.
- Sintered Stone raw material is:

 Minerals from Granite, Quartz and feldspar which give the product its hardness and strength
 Minirals from glass & silica to provide chemical stability
 Natural Oxides that offer chromatic properties

Forces level used during processing

- Porcelain is manufactured in a high pressure environment. This tension within porcelain can make it susceptible to chipping

and more importantly, cracks.

- Sintered stone can handle rapid temperature changes, whether it’s a hot pot fresh off the stove

Thickness: Sintered Stone minimum of 6mm while Porcelain 8-10mm. (ultrathin is strength of Sintered Stone)

Size : Sintered Stone can be as big as 1600x3200 and lightweight . Porcelain Slab, biggest is 900x1800mm.

Printing: porcelain is printed on top while sintered stone is not. What this means is that porcelain products can be produced in

a myriad of patterns, however, those patterns only appear on the surface of the material. The term “through-body”(full bofy) is

often used to indicate whether the color and/or pattern go through the entire thickness of the slab.Xiamen Excellent Stone

supplys a full-body sintered stone where patterns are consistent throughout the slab no matter which way, or how many times

you cut it.Consistent, uniform color throughout the whole slab can be achieved by the mineral/pigment mix, while through-body

patterning is much more difficult, as replicating veining or striping is harder to do during the production process.

Xiamen Excellent Stone sintered stone has the process down to a science; we can create book-matched, through-body veined slabs.

Water-resistant: Porcelain features a less porous structure with about 0.5% water absorption. In contrast, Sintered Stone

has a non-porous structure has only 0.02% for being impenetrable.

Production: Sintered Stone has higher production standard, making it harder and denser. it reaches 7-8 on the Mohs scale

(hardest is level 10) As a result, the sintered stone slab can effectively resist abrasions, scratches, and impacts.
After an extremely high-temperature treatment (over 1,200℃), it achieves a fire rating of Class A. Moreover, it won't physically

change and release any smell in contact with fire, making it applicable for cooking on top of it. However, Porcelain Tiles fail to

do all these things

Interior & exterior application :
Sintered stone can maintain a uniform interior and exterior design style, which is the new trend in home decorating.

Sintered stone has high UV resistance and heat insulation.

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