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2. Ceramic - Wikipedia

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   Ceramic material is an inorganic, metallic oxide, nitride, or carbide material. 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. They withstand the chemical erosion that occurs in other materials subjected to acidic or caustic ...

3. Earthenware - Wikipedia

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   Materials The compositions of earthenware bodies vary considerably, and include both prepared and 'as dug'; the former being by far the dominant type for studio and industry. A general body formulation for contemporary earthenware is 25% kaolin , 25% ball clay , 35% quartz and 15% feldspar .

4. Ceramic art - Wikipedia

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   Most traditional ceramic products were made from clay (or clay mixed with other materials), shaped and subjected to heat, and tableware and decorative ceramics are generally still made this way. In modern ceramic engineering usage, ceramics is the art and science of making objects from inorganic, non-metallic materials by the action of heat.

5. Clay - Wikipedia

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   [4] [5] [6] Clay is the longest-known ceramic material. Prehistoric humans discovered the useful properties of clay and used it for making pottery . Some of the earliest pottery shards have been dated to around 14,000 BCE, [ 7 ] and clay tablets were the first known writing medium. [ 8 ]

6. Pottery - Wikipedia

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   How pottery was made e.g. material, design such as shape and style, etc. Its decorations, such as patterns, colors of patterns, slipped (glazing) or unslipped decoration; Evidence of type of use. The Six fabrics of Kalibangan is a good example of fabric analysis.

7. Category:Ceramic materials - Wikipedia

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   Ceramic materials are inorganic and non-metallic and formed by the action of heat. See also Category:Ceramic engineering and Category:Ceramic art Subcategories ...