AmayaWayman Week5 Puzzle-Brooks
Across
- 3. The material that acts as a hardener in glass, glazes, clays and all ceramic
- 5. a microcrystalline form of quartz and has a completely different physical appearance
- 8. Often used in clay bodies instead of grog or to augment grog
- 11. made up of four components
- 12. refers to cracking that occurs in ceramic ware as it is cooled in the kiln
- 16. melts at 2012-2192f (common fluxes)
- 18. The process of holding a kiln at the final temperature (or at other temperatures) to enable the heat to penetrate the ware or to effect or complete a glaze or body reaction
- 19. clay particles draw together and shrinkage occurs
- 20. the mineral form of silica powder used in ceramic glazes and clay bodies
Down
- 1. This term generally refers to the industry that produces the non-metallic objects we use every day (like porcelain, tile, glass, stoneware).
- 2. refers to the sudden volume change in crystalline quartz particles experience as they pass up and down through 573C
- 4. refers to the fired state of a piece of porcelain or stoneware
- 6. melts at 2012-2372f(common fluxes)
- 7. A measure of the reversible volume or length change of a ceramic material with temperature
- 9. describe crushed brick (or other fired ceramic) aggregate that is added to sculpture and structural clays to improve drying properties.
- 10. add hardness and whiteness to clay
- 13. A term used in the ceramic industry to refer to the branch that manufactures toilets and sinks and other utilitarian heavy items used in bath and shower
- 14. alters the virificaton temperatures of clay
- 15. up to 25% of a clay body. fuses at 2282f (common fluxes)
- 17. a crystalline form of silica