Ceramic - Pottery Dictionary

by Susan Mussi

EXPANSION

ca: EXPANSIÓ

es: EXPANSIÓN

Expansion: most materials expand with heating and contract with cooling. Clay shrinks when being fired and goes on shrinking until it reaches its set heat. It does not alter when cooling but the glaze shrinks and if the balance between the two is not correct, this difference between the biscuit and the glaze is what causes crazing.