Ceramics

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20. a ceramic composition that has been fused in a

Across special fusing oven, quenched to form a glass,
and granulated.
5. KAlSi3O8– NaAlSi3O8– CaAl2Si2O
21. a ceramic material first developed in China
6. ______________ ceramics are used to wear, around 2,000 years ago.
grind, or cut away other material, which
necessarily is softer. 24. This form of silicon dioxide is the second most
abundant mineral in Earth's continental crust
8. A borosilicate glass.
25. Yttrium barium copper oxide, a family of
9. a group of traditional ceramics used for compounds, famous for displaying
producing pipe,brick, cookware, and other high-temperature superconductivity.
common products
27. ________ glass, is a fancy, expensive glass that
11. Zirconium dioxide is strengthened by being immersed in a hot
14. Non-crystalline solid potassium salt ion-exchange bath.

17. The characteristic feature of these materials is 28. Materials that are employed at elevated
that when mixed with water, they form a paste temperatures and often in reactive environments.
that subsequently sets and hardens. 29. Allows glass strengthening by exchange of alkali
19. Greek word for Ceramics ions in a molten salt, below the glass transition
temperature.
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30. an allotrope of carbon in the form of a
two-dimensional, atomic-scale, hexagonal lattice

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1. Oxide additives that break down the network
structure of glass and form eutectics with low
melting temperatures.
2. a material made by fusing powdered glass to a
substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850
C.
3. A ceramic piece that has been formed and dried
but not fired is termed _____ ceramic.
4. extremely fine fibers of glass
7. In the manufacture of Portland cement, it is
produced by sintering limestone and
alumino-silicate materials such as clay during
the cement kiln stage.
8. Any material with the same type of crystal
structure as calcium titanium oxide (CaTiO3)
10. Lead zirconate titanate, perovskite material that
shows a marked piezoelectric effect.
12. Aluminum oxide
13. represent the most important defect in
polycrystalline ceramics.
15. Silicon dioxide
16. The index of _________ is number that
describes how light propagates through a
medium
18. the coalescence of powder particles into a
monolith.
19. A type of oven
22. ________ fiber, a thin flexible fiber with a glass
core through which light signals can be sent with
very little loss of strength.
23. High temperature fuel cells that uses ceramics
as electrodes and electrolyte.
26. the most stable form of carbon under standard
conditions.
28. A _______ kiln is used to manufacture cement.