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- 4. any material having spaces or holes through which liquid or air may pass.
- 5. These are ceramic peices used for dishes or dishware; "dinnerware"
- 6. What refers to the thermal expansion compatibility between glaze and clay body?
- 7. the very first firing of pottery before it is glazed.
- 8. the sudden change in the ceramic body while firing.
- 10. what is the proccess where glaze melts on the fired body and forms a vitreous surface.
- 11. the proccess for ceramic materials are determined based on the nature of the matrix; the properties of ceramics.
- 13. This type of clay is not nonporous and may or may not be glazed.
- 18. the progressive partial fusion of a clay, or of a body, as a result of a firing process.
- 19. A layer or coating of a vitreous substance which has been fused to a ceramic body while firing.
- 21. a crystalline form of silica formed in the matrix of clay bodies as they fire in the kiln.
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- 1. substances used in glasses, glazes, and ceramic bodies to lower the high melting point.
- 2. What occurs during the reduction firing and is a result of fast firing and/or lack of oxygen in the kiln?
- 3. This is a ceramic material made by heating materials like koalin in a kiln with very high temperatures.
- 9. This is an alumino silicate ceramic with a good high-temperature stability.
- 12. What is slightly less porous and courser than stoneware and porcelain?
- 14. A fault that can occur during firing; the cracking along the body of the ceramic.
- 15. This is a necessary for both glazing and body construction of ceramic.
- 16. refers to the period in a kiln firing where the last of the mechanical water in body are being released.
- 17. What is a furnance or oven for burning, baking, or drying?
- 20. defined as a firing defect in whch blisters form within a clay body causing large limps on the surface.