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Ceramic Flashcards

1
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Any various products made by firing clay or similar material kiln, such as brick tile and pottery

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Ceramic ware

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2
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Low -fired opaque nonvitreous ceramic ware

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Earthenware

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3
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High-fired opaque. vitrified ceramic ware

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Stoneware

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4
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A hard, vitreous translucent ceramic material consisting essentially of kaolin, feldspar and quartz, fired at a very high temperature

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Porcelain

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5
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A translucent ceramic materia, bisque-fired at high temperature and glaze -firedvat a lower temperature

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China

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6
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A fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain and white portland cement

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Kaolin or china clay

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7
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Also called china clay

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Kaolin

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8
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A vitreous. Usually opaque. Decorative or protective coating applied by fusion to the surface of metal, glass or pottery

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Enamel

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9
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An opaque glassy coating bounded to metal by fusing at high temperature

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Porcelein enamel or vitreous enamel

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10
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Also calles vitrous enamel

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Porcelain enamel

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11
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The process of hardening or glazing ceramic ware by heating in a kiln to a specified temperature

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Firing

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12
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Fired at a high temperature to near vitrification and having rwlatively low absorption and high compressive strength

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Hard burned

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13
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Resembling glass, as in transparency hardness brittleness, luster or having low or no porosity

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Vitreous

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14
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Fired at low temperature and having relatively high absorption and low compressive strength

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Soft burned

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15
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Having a moderate water absorption of slightly under 6%

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Semivitreous

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16
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Having water absorption greather then 7%

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Nonvitreous

17
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To make a clay body vitreous ny firing at a specified temperature

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Vitrify

18
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A thermochemical bond between materials resulting from exposure to temperatures approaching the fusion point of the mixture

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Ceramic bond

19
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The structural portion of a ceramic article or the clay material or mixture from which it is made

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Body

20
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Fire to harden clay body

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Bisque fired

21
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Earthenware or porcelein that has been fired once but not glazed

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Bisque or Biscuit

22
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Also called biscuit

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Bisque

23
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Fired to fuse a glaZe to a clay body

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Glazed-fired

24
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A vitreous layer or coating fused toba clay body to color, decorate, waterproof, or strengthen its surface

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Glaze

25
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A fused or partially fused material that is ground to introduce a soluble or unstable ingredient inton glazes or enamels

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Frit

26
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Any of various hard, brittle, noncorrosive, and nonconductive material formed by the ionic bonding of a metal and nonmetal, such as brick concrete and natural stone

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Ceramic

27
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Any of the various specially shaped ceramic tiles for finishing an edge or angle

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Trimmer

28
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A coved tile set at the meeting of a floor and wall to prevent accumulation of dirt and to facilitate cleaning

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Sanitary base

29
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Any of the ceramic or nonceramic articles designed to be affixed to or inserted in tilework such as tower bars, soap holder and the like

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Tile accessory

30
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A tile setting process in which ceramic tile is applied over portland cement mortar bed 3/4 to 1 1/2 inch thick. Which allows for accurate slopes and planes in the finished work

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Thick set process

31
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A field mix of portlansd cement, sand, water, and sometimes hydrated lime, used for leveling or setting ceramic tile in the thick set process

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Portland cement mortar

32
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A thin coat of mortar for bonding ceramic tile to a backing

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Bond coat

33
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A tile setting process in which ceramic tile is bonded to a continous, stable backing with a thin coat of dry set mortar, latex-portland cement mortar, epoxy mortar, or organic adhesive 1/32 to 1/8 inches thick

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Thin bed process

34
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A cementitious or resinous mix for filling joist in ceramic tilework

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Tile grout

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