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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Ceramics

Action of a solvent material upon a solid, bringing it into liquid solution. During glaze firing, the point at which the glassy-phase dissolves the sintered structure of the glaze, producing a true ...

Saggars

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

A fireclay or other refractory box used originally to protect the ware during firing

Devitrification

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Crystallisation of a vitreous glaze after firing. Often at the surface of the glaze.

Sagger-firing

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Contemporary firing process in which wares are placed within refractory saggers, along with chemicals and combustibles, in order to achieve certain surface effects.

Dilatancy

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The property of a suspension whereby it gets thicker as it is stirred and thinner as it stands.

Damper

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In fuel-burning kilns, adjustable refractory plate located in exhaust flue, allowing control of back-pressure and secondary air, regulating kiln atmosphere.

Rib

Arts & crafts; Ceramics

Wide, flat hand-held tool used to shape, smooth, and/or scrape clay surfaces; usually wood, rubber, plastic, or metal, either rigid or flexible, with straight, curved, or profiled edge.