Obtaining new raw materials for the production of ceramic coating is increasingly highlighted, however, it is desirable to maintain or improve the technological properties of the formed product. Thinking about it, and aiming at the environmental context, the aim of this work is to study the mixing recycled glass effect with syenite, an alternative melting often used in the production of ceramic tiles, in replacing to feldspar. The raw materials were characterized and subsequently the technological properties were determined for the standard formulation and the formulations with 5, 10, 15 and 20% mixing glass / syenite, in replacing to feldspar. The test bodies were prepared by wet, and sintered at different temperatures, with a rate of 30 °C /min and a level of 20 minutes. The results indicate that the mixing glass / syenite has the potential to be used as melting material in the composition of the ceramic mass.

Color is a very important characteristic in ceramic products. In ceramic coatings, the basis of ceramic is normally classified as red or white basis. Another relevant factor for color variation is the processing to which the material is submitted. In this sense, this work aims to analyze and quantify the color of ceramic pieces used as coatings, which were developed from a formulation of masses, using raw materials such as clay, feldspar, kaolin and quartz. Each raw material was analyzed separately and then a standard formulation was made, involving all of them, and these ones were submitted to different processing temperatures. All the samples were quantified regarding the color, by using the tridimensional colorimetric space by CIELAB method. Results point out that each raw material has an own value regarding color and the temperature has contributed directly to the color variation of the ceramic pieces.