Across
- 2. a slimy mixtue of clay and water
- 3. can withstand thermal shock
- 6. heats up ceramics
- 8. contains oxides
- 11. The montmorillinotes mineral that resembles clay in its plasticity
- 13. used for tin-glazed ware
- 15. a rust red from iron oxide
- 16. Clay that takes place in their original origin
- 18. what clay turns into after firing
- 20. can withstand the highest temperatures without deformation
- 21. contains china clay for whiteness and some ball clay for strength and plasticity
- 22. specially prepared bodies and tend to be short when they are suffeciently pure and white
- 23. clay of low plasticity
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- 1. The opposite of refractory clays
- 4. decomposed from feldspar and succeeded in remaining free of colouring impirities
- 5. Clay that has been transported from their place of origin to be settled somewhere else
- 7. a classification of property that can be possessed by any clay
- 9. can be gathered as are bubbles in ceramic and can cause explosions
- 10. mature slowly when fired
- 12. contains iron oxide in a reduced state
- 14. done in a kiln
- 17. can be mined from the position they decomposed from the parent rock
- 19. clay that has been subjected to pressure
- 21. prepared bodies blened in with china clay