Ceramic

Question 1

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

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Ceramic ware

Question 2

Low -fired opaque nonvitreous ceramic ware

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Earthenware

Question 3

High-fired opaque. vitrified ceramic ware

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Stoneware

Question 4

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

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Porcelain

Question 5

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

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China

Question 6

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

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Kaolin or china clay

Question 7

Also called china clay

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Kaolin

Question 8

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

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Enamel

Question 9

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

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Porcelein enamel or vitreous enamel

Question 10

Also calles vitrous enamel

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Porcelain enamel

Question 11

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

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Firing

Question 12

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

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Hard burned

Question 13

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

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Vitreous

Question 14

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

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Soft burned

Question 15

Having a moderate water absorption of slightly under 6%

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Semivitreous

Question 16

Having water absorption greather then 7%

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Nonvitreous

Question 17

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

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Vitrify

Question 18

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

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Ceramic bond

Question 19

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

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Body

Question 20

Fire to harden clay body

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Bisque fired

Question 21

Earthenware or porcelein that has been fired once but not glazed

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Bisque or Biscuit

Question 22

Also called biscuit

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Bisque

Question 23

Fired to fuse a glaZe to a clay body

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Glazed-fired

Question 24

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

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Glaze

Question 25

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

Question 26

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

Question 27

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

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Trimmer

Question 28

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

Question 29

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

Question 30

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

Question 31

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

Question 32

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

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Bond coat

Question 33

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

Question 34

A cementitious or resinous mix for filling joist in ceramic tilework

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Tile grout