Alie Ward

I feel like most of history that we're taught does focus on monarchies, wealth, or killing, and that's such a great point.

I'm wondering, too, we're talking about ceramics and throwing and pots, and this is a very stupid question, but that's what I'm here for.

We'll say not smart.

But like, what is the difference between pottery and ceramics and porcelain?

What are they different clays?

Are they different techniques?

What is it?

Yes, glass is a ceramic.

And according to Chapter 3 of the textbook, Biomaterials, Artificial Origins, and Tissue Engineering, a ceramic is something hard that's inorganic, not metal, and molded and set at a high temperature.

And they can be crystalline or not.

Now, major characteristics of ceramics are their high hardness, their insulating properties of heat and electricity, and corrosion resistance.

Also, they're brittle and they fracture.

Brick is a ceramic.

Cement is a ceramic.

A pumpkin's a berry.

I beg your pardon?

So at 1300 degrees Celsius, or nearly 2400 degrees Fahrenheit, those bonds really start to fuse.

And yeah, when people say, let's use the good China, dear, that is China with a lowercase c. Even though this type of pottery was developed a few thousand years ago in China,

It's also called porcelain, and that's from the French word for a type of shell due to this glassification and this translucent property owing to the really tiny or fine particle clay, which is called kaolin, K-A-O-L-I-N.

Now, kaolin occurs in nature when minerals like feldspar decompose out of granite, and if you are horny for rock info...