Ceramic Key Terms Module 4

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Across
  1. 2. Aluminum silicate: the chemical name for clay that has had the chemically bound water molecules burned off through firing.
  2. 6. Burning off of organic materials from clay.
  3. 7. Beginning stage of the firing cycle. As the ware is heated, the last of the water of plasticity is driven off.
  4. 8. Burning off of the chemical water from clay.
  5. 9. Condition of clay that has dried enough to be damp but is no longer plastic or malleable.
Down
  1. 1. The process of becoming glasslike.
  2. 3. Part of the firing cycle that happens at about 1000*F. The quartz crystals grow in size and then reshrink when cooled.
  3. 4. The entire process of firing ware.
  4. 5. Condition of unfired ware of pottery that looks and feels completely dry.