| porcine v. |
a type of artificial cardiac valve made from a pig aortic valve cured in glutaraldehyde and mounted on a supporting structure.
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| porcupine s. |
see ichthyosis.
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| porcelain |
hard, translucent clayware usually consisting of 50% kaolin, 25% quartz, and 25% feldspar. Kaolin provides plasticity, durability, consistency, and adds whiteness. Quartz provides stability, and feldspar allows for vitrification of piece (formation of hard, glassy, surface).
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| porcelain |
a white, translucent, vitrified clay body fired at a very high temperature (1250
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| porcelain |
True porcelain was being made in China and Korea around 960 AD. Porcelain is a combination of kaolin (a pure, white, primary clay), silica and feldspar. A unique aspect of porcelain is that it can be worked as clay, but when fired properly reaches a state similar to glass. Primary qualities of porcelain are translucency and whiteness. In the 17th Century, English potters invented Bone China to compete with the porcelain being imported into Europe.
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