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The application of Active Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic™ brings out three qualities of the material, which proves to be:
• antipollution
• antibacterial
• self-cleaning*.
These three qualities are the result of the oxidation process that takes place on contact with a photocatalytic surface.
In the presence of pollutants (such as for example nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides or carbon monoxide), an antipollution reaction occurs, and the pollutants are broken down. In the presence of bacteria, there is an antibacterial reaction, while dirt sets in motion the self-cleaning effect triggered by Active.
This is valid for both indoor and outdoor applications, because the reaction is also obtained thanks to light containing UVA rays and indirect sunlight, since the composition of the atmosphere inside buildings is basically the same as the composition outdoors, although the amount of contaminating agents is different: outdoors we are faced with pollutants, while indoors we have emissions from heating and air conditioning systems.
* Only for exterior wall coverings
Less pollution
The ACTIVE slabs used for floors and walls can signifi cantly reduce the harmful effects of the main atmospheric pollutants (CO-NOx-SOx-VOC).
Moreover, they can almost completely eliminate some of the most dangerous bacteria for human health.
These characteristics have been certifi ed both by the Tile Council of North America (TCNA), and the Centro Ceramico Bologna (Bologna Ceramics Centre).
With ACTIVE the “ceramic” is enriched with the exceptional property of interacting with the environment, contributing to purify the air that we breathe and eliminating the bacterial load in the floors and walls of the rooms where we live.
In other words it becomes an active material, able to make the environment surrounding us healthier and more liveable.
The power of light
In the presence of any natural or artifi cial light source, the titanium dioxide (TiO2), through the fi ssion on ACTIVE slabs at high temperatures of micrometric particles, develops a strong antipollution and bactericidal action, through the natural photocatalysis process. The reduction of atmospheric pollution and the bactericidal action of the TiO2 are fully documented and unanimously recognised by the scientific community, exalted by the exclusive production method used to fix the particles onto the slabs.
This method is free from any danger for production operators and users.
Clean cities
As well as the traditional aesthetic and resistance qualities of the materials made in our plants, ACTIVE slabs also acquire clear anti-pollution and anti-bacterial properties.
Outdoor coverings made with ACTIVE slabs are dirt repellent, as photocatalysis prevents smog from settling on them. This practically eliminates the need to use detergents, which is yet another
anti-pollution effect. A simple wipe with water, just rain on the wall, and the dirt slips away! Finally, ACTIVE surfaces have derived properties, such as signifi cant reduction in smells, as a result of the elimination of bacteria.
