Porcelains from bone ash are widely accepted and present high market value, however, their manufacture and research are still restricted to few countries. As a great producer of cattle, Brazil presents great potential for the recycling of cattle bone into ceramic materials. In this work, it was realized a comparative investigation of technical properties of a typical porcelain composition manufactured from bone ash according to English traditional composition and a traditional porcelain. The results revealed that it is more difficult to sinter bone porcelain in fast firing cycles, once it showed shorter firing intervals compared to traditional porcelains. However, the higher mechanical strength and better aesthetic qualities, especially its whiteness, make bone porcelains very attractive materials in terms of industrial applications potential.
porcelains; bone ash; technological characterization
