Ceramics

Ceramics

Of or pertaining to the art or technique of making objects of ceramic such as porcelain, earthenware or tile.

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Solid-state reaction

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Chemical reaction occurring while materials are still in their solid state. Initial SINTERING is a solid state reaction.

Firing ramp

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Maintaining some heat input after maturation, to retard cooling, or to maintain reduction atmosphere during cooling.

Range of soluble metallic salts like bismuth subnitrate, silver nitrate, copper sulfate, cobalt sulfate, ferric chloride, and stannous chloride, used to create fumed lustre effects on glazed wares, ...

Flambe

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A stronge red glaze produced by a reduced copper glaze.

Solution

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A liquid mix where the components are fully dissolved (as in a water/soda-ash solution for vapor-glazing), where materials will not settle out via gravity.