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WHITE FIRING [4 records]

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Record 1 2019-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Materials
  • Terra Cotta
CONT

There is ... quite a difference between a glazed brick and an enameled brick. [True] enamel is fused into the clay without an intermediate coating, and the enamel is opaque in itself, whereas a glaze is produced by first covering the clay with a "slip" and then with a second coat of transparent glaze resembling glass.

OBS

The slip gives the colour to the brick, and the glaze melts upon firing the brick and forms a smooth transparent coating over the white slip.

OBS

Not to be confused with "enameled brick."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de maçonnerie
  • Terres cuites
DEF

Brique couverte d'une mince pellicule transparente qui la rend brillante sans modifier sa couleur naturelle.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «brique émaillée».

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
DEF

A fine usually white clay resulting from extreme weathering of aluminous minerals that contains Kaolinite as its principal constituent, that remains white on firing, and that is used chiefly in ceramics and refractories, as an adsorbent, as a filler or extender(as in paper or rubber or pigments), and in medicine.

OBS

China clay; kaolin; kaoline: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
DEF

Matière de charge de couleur blanche. Pigment white 19 - Cl 77 004. Silicates d'aluminium hydratés naturels de la famille des argiles. Utilisation : peintures en général.

OBS

kaolin : terme et définition normalisés par l'AFNOR.

OBS

kaolin : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pinturas y barnices (Industrias)
  • Tinturas y pigmentos (Industrias)
DEF

Arcilla refractaria cuyo principal constituyente es la caolinita.

CONT

El caolín, materia blanca empleada para fabricar porcelana, es el resultado de la alteración del feldespato contenido por los granitos de mica blanca [...] El caolín abunda en la naturaleza, y [...] se usa para clarificar líquidos, satinar papeles, etc.

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Record 3 2013-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clay and Clay Products (Ceramics)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terres et glaçures (Ind. de la céramique)

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-03-14

English

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

White saltglazed stoneware with incised inscriptions, stylized flowers, birds, or rouletted patterns filled in with zaffer before firing. It was made between 1724 and 1776 in Staffordshire, and possibly at Liverpool and elsewhere in England. The technique was revived by Doulton in the 1870s, using black and brown pigments instead of blue.

French

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

Spanish

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