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The porcelain on the right (Plainsman Polar Ice), breaks much more like glass, to razor sharp-knife edges. But it is not a glass, it is a zero-porosity, dense matrix of glass-bonded crystals. The whiteware on the left (Plainsman M370) has 1% porosity, and although vitreous and quite strong, clearly it is not in the same class as the one on the right.
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Restaurant Ware
If you are a potter and want to make restaurant ware, read this. Many of the things you already think you know will mislead you in this type of venture. |
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Vitrification
A process that happens in a kiln, the heat and atmosphere mature and develop the clay body until it reaches a density sufficient to impart the level of strength and durability required for the intended purpose. Most often this state is reached near zero p |
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