Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between 1,200 and 1,400 °C. The greater strength and translucence of porcelain, relative to other types of pottery, arise mainly from vitrification and the formation of the mineral mullite within the body at these high temperatures. End applications include tableware, decorative ware such as figurines, and products in technology and industry such as electrical insulators and laboratory ware.
making hard-paste porcelain (as made in East Asia and Meissen porcelain), but found bone ash a useful addition to their soft-paste porcelain mixtures. This
Look up porcelain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Porcelain is a ceramic material. Porcelain can also refer to porcelain enamel or to cast iron coated
Meissen porcelain or Meissen china was the first European hard-paste porcelain. Early experiments were done in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus
por‧ce‧lain god porcelain god (plural porcelain gods) (idiomatic, humorous) A commode; a toilet bowl. Synonym: porcelain goddess worship the porcelain god
potteryware is made, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The potter, digging the hoe in the ground, for days on end extracting
once the man has made clear his disregard for porcelain? With that first blow, something akin to porcelain shattered in me. It was a hard slap, forceful
met someone online, his name is Walter. Sue: [looking horrified] Oh, Porcelain. No-no-no-no. You will never come out of this alive. This person is obviously
