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This 15 page paper provides an overview of ceramics and how computers have enhanced the field. Computers in ceramics are used in a variety of ways to speed processes as well as to better organize procedures. Information about ceramics in general, and its history, are included as well. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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in the form of animal and human figurines, slabs, and balls as well ("About," 2003). Ceramics are defined as inorganic, nonmetallic materials and are typically crystalline in nature and
are compounds formed between metallic and nonmetallic elements like aluminum and oxygen, calcium and oxygen, and silicon and nitrogen (2003). They were created from animal fat and bone mixed
with bone ash and a fine claylike material and then fired at temperatures between 500-800?C in domed and horseshoe shaped kilns (2003). Fast forward to the twenty first centuries
and not only have the materials in ceramics changed but the way in which ceramics are designed and organized has as well. Computers are increasingly used to monitor kilns and
create designs as well as to store information. It seems that today, the computer is an essential tool in most industries and this includes ceramics as well. II.
An Overview of Ceramics The broad categories or segments that comprise the ceramic industry may be classified as structural clay products, whitewares, refractories, glasses, abrasives,
cements, and advanced ceramics ("About Ceramics," 2003). A large part of the above segments may further be broken down into more specific product classifications and in 1974, the U.S. market
for the ceramic industry was estimated at $20 million (2003, p.PG). Today, the U.S. market is estimated to be more than $35 billion (2003, p.PG). There are many types
of ceramics and they are broken down into categories. For example, there are structural clay products, whitewards, refractories, glasses, abrasives and cements ("About Ceramics," 2003). Structural clay products include
brick, sewer pipe, roofing tile, clay floor tile, wall tile and flue linings (2003). Whitewares are thought to be equated with dinnerware, floor tile, wall tile, sanitaryware, electrical porcelain, and
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