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elemenope | 21:59 Mon 24th Nov 2008 | Science
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I am wondering if anybody knows the procedure used to make ceramics. I looked online, but I'm only getting information on how to make ceramics, such as pots, vases, etc.. Also, if anyone knows what type of bonds are present in ceramics, that would be great. :D
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not quite sure what you're after but try this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramic
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Thank you, but I am more looking for way to make the actual substance/ material. Like, what do ceramic factories do?
it's clay. it comes out of the ground.
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Alright, but what's in it?
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Thank you :D P.S. Do you by any chance know what type of chemical bonds it has?
still don't know what you're after, but try this.. knock yourself out!

http://www.clays.org/journal/archive/volume%20 3/3-1-317.pdf

you can always enter words into Google..
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You know, like ionic, covalent, polar, non-polar.... thanks though :)
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Yep, it's polar. k, thanks again
You've asked a very wide ranging question.

ceramics do have pretty strong primary bonds that hold the atoms together (be they Ionic or covalent) but it is as much the crystalline structure that gives ceramics a lot of their properties, such as high heat tolerance and a general brittleness (sp?)

To ask a general question about making ceramics is akin to asking "how are metals made" when a metal can range from iron, which is strong and brittle to mercury, which is a liquid at room temperature.

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