Ceramic Terms Definitions

When purchasing ceramic pieces it is important to consider the type of glaze in terms of food safety durability and fit with the underlying claybody.

Ceramic terms definitions.

See also claybody glaze fit high temp glaze intermediate glaze low temp glaze. 61 3 8761 6344 a b n. A glass coating on a ceramic piece. Need some definitions or descriptions of certain key ceramic terms.

There are 16 definitions included but of course you can pick and choose which ones you use. Basic ceramic terms ceramics. Stoneware all ceramic wear fired between 2 100 and 2 300 degrees. The uppermost part of a pot.

Vitrification the firing of pottery to the point of glossification. Just print and laminate the sheets cut them out and then in half and you re good to go. Ceramic insulating material composed of spun kaolin fibers available in blanket form braided tape rigid board and tubular flue liners. A ceramic material is an inorganic non metallic often crystalline oxide nitride or carbide material.

This is a list of pottery and ceramic terms. A class of ceramic artifacts in which clay is formed into containers by hand or in molds or with a potter s wheel often decorated and fired. A shiny reflective surface. Throwing creating ceramic shapes on the potter s wheel.

Creation of an object out of clay. Transparent glaze transmits light clearly. Don t see a word you need to know or understand. Check them out here on our ceramic vocabulary web page.

30 456 822 810. Highest insulating rating of standard refractories but can release carcinogenic fibers. They withstand chemical erosion that occurs in other materials subjected to acidic or caustic environments. The removing of wares from a kiln.

Objects made from clay or other combinations of minerals fired at high temperature. A heating chamber for maturing clay and glazes. Some elements such as carbon or silicon may be considered ceramics ceramic materials are brittle hard strong in compression and weak in shearing and tension. The composition if clay particles renders a plastic quality which means it deforms under pressure and retains a new.

Walker ceramics australia 5 mclellan st bayswater vic australia 3153 ph. 61 3 8761 6322 fax. Definitions in wiktionary are noted as w. This resource is a fantastic starter activity to consolidate the learning of ceramic terms.

A natural material extracted from the earth s crust. Bat a slab on which clay is handled typically a circle piece that can be attached to a pottery wheel head. E mail us and we ll add it to the page.