Ceramic materials

Ceramic materials

1. General properties

   • Made from clay
     • Soft and pliable
     • When dries is porous and inert
     • Resistant, high tenperatures
     • Versatile

2. How ceramic materials are made

   • Preparation
     • Clean
     • Broke
   • Mixing
     • Water
     • Colouring
     • Temper
     • Flux
   • Shaping
   • Drying
     • In heated tunnels
   • Firing
     • In special ovens
   • Decoration
     • Decorate
     • Finished

3. Classification of ceramic materials

   • Coarse ceramics
     • Terracotta
       • Made with ordinary clay
       • Hard
       • Rough
       • Fragile
       • Uses
         • Bricks
         • Roof tiles
         • Pottery
     • Earthenware
       • Made with white clay, silica, feld spar
       • Fine
       • Smooth
       • Hard
       • Uses
         • Crockery
         • Bathroom tiles
     • Refractory ceramic
       • Made with baked clay, metallic oxides
       • Resist tenperatures
       • Uses
         • Electrical and electronic components
   • Fine ceramics
     • Stoneware
       • Made with refractory clay
       • Compactable
       • Hard
       • Uses
         • Hard
         • Durable tiles
         • Tubes
     • Porcelain
       • Made with kaolin
       • Tranparent
       • Translucent
       • Compact
       • Hard
       • Accid-resistant
       • Uses
         • Tableware
         • Laboratory materials