What is the difference between artificial quartz and natural quartz?
The difference between artificial stone and quartz stone is mainly in composition, performance and production process. In terms of composition, artificial stone includes resin artificial stone, pure acrylic artificial stone and artificial granite, etc. The fillers are mostly natural stone powder or aluminum hydroxide powder. High temperature resistance and poor hardness, but high-quality artificial stone such as pure acrylic artificial stone has good plasticity and can be made into any shape, and artificial stone (except artificial granite) is environmentally friendly and seamless, which is not available in quartz stone.
First, the advantages of both:
Advantages of natural quartz stone:
Natural quartz stone is a kind of natural stone, which not only has high hardness but also has good corrosion resistance. It is best to use it as a countertop for kitchen cabinets. Moreover, because quartz stone is pure natural, it will have a great guarantee in color and photosynthesis. The colors are also various, and the use effect is quite good.
The advantages of artificial quartz stone:
As the name suggests, artificial quartz stone is a stone that has been artificially processed, because all natural stones need to be mined in the mountains, and this artificial quartz stone can save this step and play a good role in protecting the resource environment. . And because the artificial stone is artificially made, the color difference in each area will not be too big, and it will look more uniform. There are also many choices of color and texture of the stone, which can meet the needs of most people. The point is The price is relatively cheap.
Second, the disadvantages of both:
Disadvantages of natural quartz stone:
Because quartz stone is a pure natural stone, it takes a lot of work in material selection and processing, so it is relatively expensive in price, because there are many places where stone is needed for home decoration, so this is zero and zero. All in all, it's not a small expense. It should be selected according to each person's financial bearing situation.
Disadvantages of artificial quartz stone:
Because it is artificially synthesized, there will be some unscrupulous merchants who do tricks on the material of the stone and add some organic solvents to accelerate the adhesion of the stone. In this way, the stone will contain more harmful substances and be installed in the home. May cause harm to health. In addition, the service life of artificial stone is definitely not as good as that of pure natural stone.
Third, the difference between the two in other aspects:
Natural Quartz Stone: It is a stone obtained from nature and generated by various activities of the earth's crust in nature. It is a material made after artificial mining, cutting, polishing and other processes, which is destructive and polluting to the natural environment. Moreover, natural marble has certain harm to the human body, mainly due to the radioactivity in natural stone, which is a characteristic of many stone materials. There are two types of radioactivity in natural marble. One is that it will damage the body's hematopoiesis and nervous system after being directly irradiated to the human body; Increases the chance of lung cancer.
Artificial quartz stone: It is actually a kind of artificial stone. It is a new type of stone artificially synthesized by more than 93% quartz crystal plus resin and other trace elements. It has some excellent qualities that conventional artificial stone does not have. . Quartz stone has the rich color and hardness of natural stone, and the surface of quartz stone is smooth without any capillary pores and small cracks, so it is called quartz stone by quartz stone manufacturers and is independent from artificial stone. The main material of quartz stone is silicon dioxide, which is a chemically stable substance that is difficult to produce a chemical reaction, so quartz stone is a non-toxic and non-radiation green and environmentally friendly decorative stone.