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HARD FIRED EARTHENWARE [3 records]

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Record 1 2004-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Refractory Materials (Metallurgy)
DEF

A widely distributed colloidal lusterless earthy substance, plastic when moist but permanently hard when fired, that is composed primarily of decomposed igneous and metamorphic rocks rich in the mineral feldspar in the form of crystalline grains less than. 002 mm in diameter, whose essential constituents are kaolinite and other hydrous aluminous minerals and fine particles, and that is used widely in the manufacture of such articles as porcelain, building blocks, sewer pipe, tile, and earthenware or in its raw form in paper manufacture, filtration, and oil refining.

CONT

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French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Matériaux réfractaires (Métallurgie)
DEF

Roche sédimentaire, souvent meuble (glaise), qui, imbibée d'eau, peut former une pâte plus ou moins plastique pouvant être façonnée et durcissant à la cuisson.

OBS

argile : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Materiales refractarios (Metalurgia)
DEF

Material (silicato de aluminio con impurezas) que forma parte de la tierra, el cual, por formar con el agua una materia muy plástica que se endurece al cocerla, se emplea para fabricar objetos de cerámica.

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Record 2 1997-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique Ceramics (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

Earthenware made c. 1796 at Rockingham(Swinton, Yorkshire). The body is a hard, white earthenware covered with a fine brown mottled glaze, the ware having been dipped and fired three times. The glaze probably contained iron as well as manganese....

OBS

The designation "china" has led to its being erroneously considered to be porcelain.

Key term(s)
  • Rockingham earthenware

French

Domaine(s)
  • Céramique ancienne (Muséologie et Patrimoine)

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthenware

French

Domaine(s)
  • Faïences

Spanish

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