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| Firing | Process of heating a ceramic in a furnace or kiln at a high temperature to make it harder |
| Fuse | To melt together |
| Wedging | Process of cutting |
| Bisque | A ceramic product that has been fired without a glaze |
| Flux | A material used to prevent the formation of oxides or dissolve the oxides as they form. |
| Sinter | To heat for a period of time at a high temperature but below the melting point |
| Glaze | A glass coating that is applied to ceramics |
| Silica | Common name for silicon dioxide (SiO2) |
| Plasticity | Ability to change shape when stress is applied and retain the new shape when stress is removed. |
| Silicate | One of many naturally occuring minerals that have silicon and oxygen atoms bonded together by single bonds. Raw ingredient for most ceramics. |
| Tetrahedron | A shape that atomic particles sometimes form when they combine that is the shape of a pyramid |
| clay | A fine grained soil consisting primarily of compounds containing SiO2 and Al2O3 |
| Refractory | Type of ceramic with ability to withstand very high temperatures. |
| Abrasives | Ceramics that are used to smooth |
| Metal | Element on left side of the periodic table |
| nonmetal | A type of element that is not classified as a metal because most of its properties are not those of typical metals |
| Glass | Special ceramic that is a noncrystalline solid. Silica is the main ingredient. |
| Ceramics | Type of substance that is composed of metals or semi-metals strongly bonded to nonmetals. Charcterized by being brittle and crystalline. |
