The toughness strength and translucence of porcelain relative to other types of pottery arises mainly from vitrification and the formation of the mineral mullite within the body at.
Ceramic porcelain definition.
A hard white translucent ceramic made by firing a pure clay and then glazing it with variously colored fusible materials.
Porcelain definition a strong vitreous translucent ceramic material biscuit fired at a low temperature the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
Porcelain ˈ p ɔːr s əl ɪ n is a ceramic material made by heating materials generally including a material like kaolin in a kiln to temperatures between 1 200 and 1 400 c 2 200 and 2 600 f.
Of or relating to such a product.
How to use porcelain in a sentence.
Porcelain synonyms porcelain pronunciation porcelain translation english dictionary definition of porcelain.
In the west it is a material that is translucent.
Ceramic definition is of or relating to the manufacture of any product such as earthenware porcelain or brick made essentially from a nonmetallic mineral such as clay by firing at a high temperature.
Porcelain vitrified pottery with a white fine grained body that is usually translucent as distinguished from earthenware which is porous opaque and coarser the distinction between porcelain and stoneware the other class of vitrified pottery material is less clear in china porcelain is defined as pottery that is resonant when struck.