What Is Ceramic

Any of various hard brittle heat resistant and corrosion resistant materials made by shaping and then firing a nonmetallic mineral.

What is ceramic.

Some elements such as carbon or silicon may be considered ceramics ceramic materials are brittle hard strong in compression and weak in shearing and tension. Glazes are also ceramic materials because they permanently change during firing. In general they are hard corrosion resistant and brittle. They withstand chemical erosion that occurs in other materials subjected to acidic or caustic environments.

Ceramics are all around us. Ceramic definition is of or relating to the manufacture of any product such as earthenware porcelain or brick made essentially from a nonmetallic mineral such as clay by firing at a high temperature. Industrial ceramics include a range of materials such as silica carbide and zirconium oxide. A ceramic material is an inorganic non metallic often crystalline oxide nitride or carbide material.

Of or relating to such a product. A ceramic is an inorganic non metallic solid made up of either metal or non metal compounds that have been shaped and then hardened by heating to high temperatures.