What exactly is the material of enamel? Why are there few enameled items now? Here we come to this issue for some discussion, I hope these contents can help friends in need.

In addition to enamel cups, like enamel tanks, enamel washbasin, enamel milk pots, enamel spittoons and other enameled products, should be counted on the age of some of the older generation's memories. The surface of this enamelware, usually continue to have some of the very era of the aura of the pattern or text, giving a person a kind of rebirth back to a certain era of feeling.

"Enamel" is what raw material? That is, it was very fashionable, why we are now drinking cups, or the use of utensils, but very little to see is made of enamel? What exactly is "enamel"? Enamel, and not so secret, it is actually coated with burned on the surface of the metal material base billet of organic material laminated glass glaze, with a sentence in layman's terms, it is a layer of porcelain metal materials.

Ware made of metal materials, in the application of the whole process, very easy to occur corrosion conditions, or in the heating of the surface will produce air oxidation layer. Enameling occurs, just can fill the problem of metal material utensils, can make it both with metal material compressive strength, but also has the beautiful surface of the glaze.

Enamel is not a Chinese discovery, but is instead attributed to imports. It first occurred in ancient Egypt, then spread to Greece, to the year 8 new century, China gradually developed the trend of enameling. Cloisonné products, which were the peak of production during the Ming Dynasty, are also categorized as a kind of enameling craft. To the 20th century 6, 70 times, enamel products in China once very red.

Favorite scientific research frying pan good friends, should know that there is a very popular in European countries pot, called "enamel pot". In fact, enamel and enamel is a class of raw materials. 1956 years ago, everyone regarded enamel and enamel as the same meaning. After 1956, China issued a code of practice for enamel products, defining enamel as stylized art enamel, that is, enamel is a kind of enamel.

Before the rise of enamel products, in our country used more wooden or porcelain utensils. However, wooden utensils are easy to grow mold, not very good maintenance problems, porcelain utensils are also very easy to break, not durable. Enamel products occur, just can deal with those traditional raw materials produced by the shortcomings of the utensils, coupled with the enamel tone is very good-looking, the surface usually continue to contain beautiful pictures, of course, has become a good substitute.

If enamel is so good and was so popular in China in the 20th century, why is it so rare to see enamelware in people's homes today?

Why is enamel so rare? Enamel itself is also defective: although the enamel to a certain extent can deal with the shortcomings of metal materials, wooden utensils, porcelain utensils, but this does not mean that it is the ultimate, no defects. Enamel, although more solid, drop resistance, but it is the surface of the layer of organic material laminated glass glaze, in the bump very easy to fall down, the inside of the metal material is leaked out quickly after the rust;

Have a more suitable substitute, accompanied by the rapid development of production processes, and then appeared after the emergence of stainless steel and plastic products, they can fill the problem of enameled utensils. Coupled with this material is more durable, more cost-effective price, so of course, enamel will slowly be replaced;

Good quality is usually very expensive, nowadays, we are less and less enamel requirements, of course, will result in higher product costs, in addition to the enamel production process than the stainless steel plate complicated and inconvenient many. Therefore, the real quality of enamel products, usually the price needs to be much more expensive than stainless steel products, everyone in the selection of the case, will also sympathize with the price element.

Enamel is now very rare in China, but also understandable. Formerly, there are 7 old enamel processing factories in Shanghai, supporting a piece of heaven of China's enamel industrial production. In the case of 2002, with the final one Shanghai Jiuxin enamel factory shut down furnace closed store, also represents the time of a page.