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Ceramics
Of or pertaining to the art or technique of making objects of ceramic such as porcelain, earthenware or tile.
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water absorption
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
A measure of the open porosity of a ceramic-determined by soaking the item in water for a set time
acids
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
In clay and glaze chemistry, the glass-formers which combine with bases (fluxes) and neutrals (refractories or stabilizers).
kaolin
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Primary clay which fires pure white - coarse particle size, low plasticity, high-temperature - major component of porcelain and some whiteware bodies.
water of plasticity
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Amount of water required to bring a dry clay to its state of ideal plasticity. Common clay test used to determine this amount. The more water needed, the finer the particle size, the more plastic ...
agateware
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Wares featuring swirling marbleized colors, resulting either from surface slip effects, or marbleized colored clays.
kaolinite
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
Crystalline clay mineral forming the basis of most clays we use in ceramics.
water smoking stage
Arts & crafts; Ceramics
The stage during bisque-firing or single-firing, below 1200 degrees F., when carbonates, nitrates, sulfates, organic contaminants, and chemically-combined water volatize and outgas.
