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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Modulus of rupture

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The term is used to define the strength of unfired clay body or the fired ceramic.

Moisture expansion

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

The extent to which a porous ceramic expands when it absorbs moisture or water vapour.

Biscuit

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Pottery that has undergone its first firing. This gives the pottery sufficient strength to allow decoration and glazing.

Muffle kiln

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A fuel-burning kiln in which flames and combustion gases are ducted through sealed refractory flues within the ware chamber, heating the wares while maintaining a clean oxidising atmosphere.

Bloating

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Firing defect where blisters form within claybody, raising large lumps on the surface. Caused by expansion of gases within clay, as a result of excessive early reduction (trapped carbon - carbon ...

Mullite

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Very desirable aluminium silicate crystals which form above 1800 degrees F. – greatly adding to the strength of high-fired vitrified claybodies and glazes. In well-formulated high-fired wares, ...