Ceramic Glaze Definitions

Examples of how to use ceramic glaze in a sentence from the cambridge dictionary labs.

Ceramic glaze definitions.

Ceramic glaze is an impervious layer or coating of a vitreous substance which has been fused to a ceramic body through firing. Or low sol glaze. It also gives a tougher surface. A thin glassy coating of ice.

How to use glaze in a sentence. Denver colorado ceramic artist annie chrietzberg is the polar opposite of me in the glaze room. A glassy film as one over the eyes. Synonym of a potter one who creates pottery archaic.

Jennifer poellot harnetty editor. Defined by the pottery health regulations as a glaze which does not release more than 5 of its dry weight of soluble lead when subjected to a specified test using hydrochloric acid. I know my glazing outcomes could be greatly improved if i followed just a couple of annie s pottery glazing tips. A coating as of syrup applied to food.

A transparent coating applied to the surface of a painting to modify the color tones. Glaze can serve to color decorate or waterproof an item. An iridescent optical appearance due to light reflections producing diffraction patterns on a glazed surface. Hopefully you will benefit from annie s advice too.

The weight or density of a liquid measured in proportion to that of water. A glaze with a specific gravity of 1 2 is 1 2 times as dense as water per unit of measure. To glaze a window. A glaze fault characterised by the cracking of fired glazes and due to high tensile stresses.

Glaze definition to furnish or fill with glass. Crystal glaze glazes characterised by crystalline clusters of various shapes and colours embedded in a more uniform and opaque glaze. Glaze is also used on stoneware and porcelain. Glazing renders earthenware vessels suitable for holding liquids sealing the inherent porosity of unglazed biscuit earthenware.

A thin smooth shiny coating. In glaze maturation the flux glass former combination acts as a solvent on alumina.