Ceramic Terms And Definitions

Chamotte grog a ceramic material formed by the high temperature firing of a refractory clay after which it is crushed and graded to size.

Ceramic terms and definitions.

Non crystalline having no determinable form or crystalline structure e g. Creation of an object out of clay. Bat a flat disc made out of plaster wood or plastic which is affixed to the wheel head with clay or pins. W clay a group of hydrous aluminium phyllosilicate minerals.

Used as the a non plastic component of some clay bodies. Any materials highly resistant to the effects of heat. In kiln construction high temperature insulating materials such as firebrick ceramic fiber etc. In clay and glaze chemistry the neutrals or stabilizers that are resistant to melting and that combine with the fluxes bases and glass formers acids.

Various hard substances used for grinding cutting or polishing softer substances e g. Bats are used to throw pieces on that would be difficult to lift off the wheel head. Relation between the volume of a mass and the volume of the water absorbed when the mass is immersed. Glossary of ceramic terms.

Glossary of ceramic terms. A natural material extracted from the earth s crust.