Ceramic Flashcards
ONE OF THE MAIN TYPE OF MATERIALS USED IN THE DIFFERENT FIELDS OF ENGINEERING ALONGSIDE METAL, POLYMER AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS.
CERAMICS
A COMPOUND THAT PRIMARILY CONSIST OF METALLIC
AND NONMETALLIC ELEMENTS.
CERAMICS
SOMETIMES ALSO CALLED THE CLAY PRODUCTS OR SILICATE INDUSTRIES.
CERAMIC INDUSTRY
THE OLDEST KNOWN CERAMIC ARTIFACT
IT IS A STATUETTE OF A WOMAN, NAMED THE VENUS OF DOLNÍ VĚSTONICE
THE 3 MAIN RAW MATERIALS FOR CERAMIC INDUSTRY:
CLAY
FELDSPAR (USUALLY KNOWN AS “SPAR” )
SAND (USUALLY KNOWN AS “FLINT”)
MORE OR LESS IMPURE HYDRATED ALUMINUM SILICATES THAT HAVE RESULTED FROM THE WEATHERING OF IGNEOUS ROCKS SUCH AS FELDSPAR
CLAY
THE DIFFERENT CLAY MINERALS / MINERAL SPECIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPOSITION:
KAOLINITE (AL2O3 2SIO2 2H2O)
BEIDELLITE (AL2O3 3SIO2 H2O)
MONTMORILLONITE (AL2O3 4SIO2 H2O)
HALLOYSITE (AL2O3 2SIO2 3H2O)
A TERM USED TO IDENTIFY THAT AT A SPECIFIC TEMPERATURE, CLAY CAN BE FORMULATED TO PRODUCE NEW PRODUCTS.
MATURE
T/F. THE HIGHER A CLAY BODY IS DESIGNED TO FIRE, THE MORE VITREOUS IT IS.
TRUE
MORE RESISTANT TO WATER ABSORPTION, WHICH IN TURN CAN PREVENT DEFECTS AND CRACKING FROM HAPPENING.
VITREOUS CLAY
IS A PROPERTY OF CLAY THAT ALLOWS IT TO CHANGE ITS SHAPE WITHOUT RUPTURING EVEN AFTER PUTTING A GREATER AMOUNT OF FORCE .
PLASTICITY
THE MOST BASIC CLAY MINERAL USED IN THE CERAMIC INDUSTRY IS
KAOLINITE
THE MOST ABUNDANT CLAY MINERAL OF ALL DIFFERENT TYPES (WIDELY USED IN POTTERY AS WELL).
KAOLINITE
ARE BASED ON MONTMORILLONITE CLAYS, THEY ARE USED TO SOME EXTENT WHERE VERY HIGH PLASTICITY IS DESIRED.
BENTONITE CLAYS
ONE WAY FOR US TO INCREASE THE CONTENT OF CLAY MINERALS IN
CLAYS IS BY
USING THE PROCESS OF BENEFICIATION WHILE DECREASING THE CONTENT OF QUARTZ.
MAJORITY OF THE PROCESS OF BENEFICIATION OF CLAY CONSISTS OF UNIT OPERATIONS SUCH AS
SIZE SEPARATION BY SCREENING OR
SELECTIVE SETTLING, FILTRATION AND DRYING.
ARE ADDED AS THE APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL AGENTS USED TO CONTROL THE COLLOIDAL PROPERTIES OF CLAY.
SODIUM SILICATE AND ALUMINUM
A GROUP OF ALUMINOSILICATE MINERALS THAT ALSO CONTAINS CALCIUM, SODIUM AND POTASSIUM.
FELDSPAR
THE 3 COMMON TYPES OF FELDSPAR USED IN THE
CERAMIC INDUSTRY.
POTASH FELDSPAR (K2O AL2O3 6SIO2)
SODA FELDSPAR (NA2O AL2O3 6SIO2)
LIME FELDSPAR (ALSO TERMED AS
ANORTHITE (CAO AL2O3 6SIO2)
THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF FELDSPAR IS THE
POTASH FELDSPAR
T/F. THE PRESENCE OF FLUXES TENDS TO LOWER THE TEMPERATURE OF THE FORMATION OF MULLITE
TRUE
FORMS WHEN CLAY MINERALS ARE IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER AND UNDERGOES METAMORPHISM
MULLITE
A TYPE OF MINERAL THAT NATURALLY CONSIST OF SILICA/ QUARTZ OR SIO2.
SAND
SHOULD BE CHOSEN FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF LIGHT-COLORED CERAMIC PRODUCTS.
A SAND WITH A LOW IRON CONTENT
ALL CERAMIC PRODUCTS ARE MADE BY
COMBINING VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF THE FOREGOING RAW MATERIALS SHAPING, AND HEATING TO FIRING TEMPERATURES.
HEATING TO FIRING
TEMPERATURES MAY BE AS LOW
AS AND HIGH AS
AS LOW AS 700°C TO AS HIGH AS 1300 TO 1400°C
THE PRINCIPAL REFRACTORY OXIDES:
SIO2, AL2O3, CAO, MGO , ZRO2, TIO2, CR2O3, BEO
AS THE TEMPERATURE OF THE AMORPHOUS ALUMINA (KAOLIN) CHANGES TO 940 C, IT FORMS A CRYSTALLINE FORM CALLED
GAMMA ALUMINA
GENERIC TERM FOR CERAMIC PRODUCTS WHICH ARE USUALLY WHITE AND OF FINE TEXTURE.
WHITEWARES
SOMETIMES CALLED SEMI-VITREOUS DINNERWARE, WHICH ARE POROUS AND NON-TRANSLUCENT WITH A SOFT GLAZE.
EARTHWARES
VITRIFIED TRANSLUCENT WARE WITH A MEDIUM GLAZE THAT CAN RESIST ABRASION TO A DEGREE AND USED FOR NONTECHNICAL PURPOSES.
CHINAWARE
THIS INCLUDES CHEMICAL, INSULATING, AND DENTAL PORCELAIN, VITRIFIED TRANSLUCENT WARE WITH A HARD GLAZE, AND CAN RESIST ABRASION TO THE MAXIMUM DEGREE.
PORCELAIN
FORMERLY MADE FROM CLAY, USUALLY POROUS; HENCE, HAS VITREOUS COMPOSITION, PREFIRED AND SIZED VITREOUS GROG IS SOMETIMES INCLUDED WITH THE TRIAXIAL COMPOSITION.
SANITARY WARE
ONE OF THE OLDEST OF CERAMIC WARES, WAS IN USE LONG BEFORE PORCELAIN WAS DEVELOPED, REGARDED AS A CRUDE PORCELAIN MADE FROM A POORER GRADE OF NOT CAREFULLY FABRICATED RAW MATERIALS.
STONEWARE
CLASSIFIED AS FLOOR TILES, RESISTANT TO ABRASION, IMPERVIOUS TO STAIN PENETRATION, MAY BE GLAZED OR UNGLAZED, ALSO USED AS WALL TILES WHICH HAVE A HARD, PERMANENT SURFACE AND COME IN A VARIETY OF COLORS AND TEXTURES.
WHITEWARE TILES
USED FOR PRODUCTION OF FINE-GRAINED HIGHLY GLAZED INSULATORS FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE SERVICE.
WET PROCESS PORCELAIN
PROCESS EMPLOYED FOR RAPID PRODUCTION
OF MORE OPEN-TEXTURED LOW-VOLTAGE
PIECES.
DRY PROCESS PORCELAIN
NECESSARY FOR THE MAKING OF PIECES THAT ARE EITHER TOO LARGE OR TOO INTRICATE FOR THE OTHER TWO METHODS (DRY & WET PROCESS).
CAST PORCELAIN
PROCESS WHERE THE PLASTIC CLAY IS PRESSED INTO OR ON A SINGLE REVOLVING MOLD.
JIGGING
IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT IN THE
PRODUCTION OF WHITEWARES.
GLAZING