Ceramics Module 2

2. Chemically, when oxygen combines with another element.
3. The action of natural forces like wind, water, and ice that causes mountains to crumble and disintegrate into rocks, sand, dirt, and finally clay.
7. Clay that has been transported from its original rocky location by the action of wind and water.
9. A refractory clay most often used to make firebricks.
11. A very fine, extremely plastic clay.
13. A granite-type rock that makes up almost half of the earth's crust.
15. The natural process of chemical water molecules attaching to other mineral molecules.
16. A general term applied to white dinnerware that imitates porcelain but is usually fired at a temperature lower than porcelain.
17. Clay that is found in the same location where the parent rock disintegrated.
19. Another term for Primary Clay.

1. An earthenware clay that is red when fired. Most often used as a sculptural medium.
4. One of the three general groups of clay. Hard, strong, nonporous and vitreous when fired.
5. Another term for Secondary Clay.
6. Also known as China clay. The purest of the natural clays. The basic clay used in porcelain clay bodies.
8. A surface clay used to make sun-dried bricks. Not fired.
10. One of the three general groups of clay. A low-fire clay, porous and soft after firing.
12. The two water molecules of the basic formula.
14. A very plastic clay that is usually white or light in color.
18. A material that aids or helps cause melting.