Glass as Glaze

Glazing uses the viscous properties of glass to form a smooth continuous layer on a ceramic substrate. Pots were the first to be glazed. 

Let us be familiar with some terms in pottery that are associated with glazing. 

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Silicon shows a rich variety of chemical properties and it lies at the heart of much modern technology/ Indeed, it ranges from such bulk commodities as concrete, clays and ceramics, through more chemically modified systems such as soluble silicates, glasses and glazes to the recent industries based on silicone polymers and solid-state electronics devices. The refined technology of ultrapure silicon itself is perhaps the most elegant example of the close relation between chemistry and solid-state physics and has led to numerous developments such as the transistor, printed circuits and microelectronics (p. 332). 

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