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The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word κεραμικος (keramikos, "having to do with pottery"). The term covers inorganic non-metallic materials whose formation is due to the action of heat. Up until the 1950s or so, the most important of these were the traditional clays, made into pottery, bricks, tiles and the like, along with cements and glass. The traditional crafts are described in the article on pottery. A composite material of ceramic and metal is known as cermet. The word ceramic can be an adjective, and can also be used as a noun to refer to a ceramic material, or a product of ceramic manufacture. Ceramics is a singular noun referring to the art of making things out of ceramic materials.

Historically, ceramic products have been hard, porous and brittle. The study of ceramics consists to a large extent of methods to mitigate these problems, and accentuate the strengths of the materials, as well as to offer up unusual uses for these materials.

The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) defines a ceramic article as “an article having a glazed or unglazed body of crystalline or partly crystalline structure, or of glass, which body is produced from essentially inorganic, non-metallic substances and either is formed from a molten mass which solidifies on cooling, or is formed and simultaneously or subsequently matured by the action of the heat.”

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Off to make a pie crust and play with my ceramic knives.
RawEpicurean (RawEpicurean) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:53:38 -0000
Off to make a pie crust and play with my ceramic knives.
I love squishing oranges into this little ceramic owl's head. http://bit.ly/3Y0lbt
kristinasmith (Kristina ) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:52:13 -0000
I love squishing oranges into this little ceramic owl's head. http://bit.ly/3Y0lbt
@realrossnoble False Rumours: Harriet Harman is a keen collector of ceramic badgers
Boolbar (Boolbar) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:51:08 -0000
@realrossnoble False Rumours: Harriet Harman is a keen collector of ceramic badgers
if a mineral has "oxide" after it, it's a ceramic. mineral salts are better assimilated but "salt" has become an evil word.
onimonster (onimonster) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:48:39 -0000
if a mineral has "oxide" after it, it's a ceramic. mineral salts are better assimilated but "salt" has become an evil word.
Fed the dogs wet food this morning since we're out of the usual dry food. Nice treat for them. Pretty sure they ate the ceramic bowls too.
Stoankold (Stoankold) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:45:54 -0000
Fed the dogs wet food this morning since we're out of the usual dry food. Nice treat for them. Pretty sure they ate the ceramic bowls too.
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