EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -ceramics Add to list Share. The branch of art known as ceramics is all about making pottery. A ceramics class might teach you to make a bowl from clay using a pottery wheel. In ceramics, artists pinch cups and figures from clay, and create bowls, plates, and pots by spinning and shaping the clay on a wheel.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ceramic engineering is the science and technology of creating objects from inorganic, non-metallic materials. This is done either by the action of heat, or at lower temperatures using precipitation reactions from high-purity chemical solutions.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are three main types of pottery/ceramic. These are earthenware, stoneware and porcelain.

Detailed explanation-4: -Naturally occurring raw materials used to manufacture ceramics include silica, sand, quartz, flint, silicates, and aluminosilicates (e. g., clays and feldspar). The next step in the process is beneficiation.