• A comprehensive analysis and critical review of the literature and an assessment of the hazards of occupational exposure to airborne refractory ceramic fibers. (cdc.gov)
  • When rats and hamsters were chronically exposed to was found to decrease with lung burden and with fiber refractory ceramic fibers (RCF) at high concentrations length. (cdc.gov)
  • Ceramic forming techniques include shaping by hand (sometimes including a rotation process called "throwing"), slip casting, tape casting (used for making very thin ceramic capacitors), injection molding, dry pressing, and other variations. (wikipedia.org)
  • Traditional ceramic raw materials include clay minerals such as kaolinite, whereas more recent materials include aluminium oxide, more commonly known as alumina. (wikipedia.org)
  • Bearings made of ceramics (eg, alumina [aluminum oxide] and zirconia [zirconium oxide]) have been shown to possess extremely low wear properties that make them suitable for both THA and TKA. (medscape.com)
  • Prosthetic hip implants with ceramic-on-ceramic alumina bearing couple (left) and metal-on-polyethylene bearing couple (right). (medscape.com)
  • The hip replacement system is an alumina ceramic artificial hip replacement system that can be surgically implanted to completely replace a diseased or damaged hip joint. (medscape.com)
  • BA Ceramic Design at Central Saint Martins is one of only two single honours ceramics courses in the country. (arts.ac.uk)
  • Taking place over three days in the grand concourse of Central Saint Martins, Ceramic Art London will build on three years of expansion that have seen audiences triple, with every event sold out. (artdaily.com)
  • Programmed by Central Saint Martins Lecturer Duncan Hooson, ClayTalks returns with a series of illuminating talks given by prestigious names from the ceramic world. (artdaily.com)
  • Two Korean ceramic artists-in-residence created work for British Ceramics Biennial, which was exhibited together with Kay Aplin's Pavilion, with Joseph Young's sound work linking the two installations together. (visitbrighton.com)
  • Many composites, such as fiberglass and carbon fiber, while containing ceramic materials, are not considered to be part of the ceramic family. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ceramic technology continues to evolve, and new materials based on nonoxide ceramics, composites of existing ceramics, and surface modifications will offer more options to the arthroplasty surgeon. (medscape.com)
  • Note, ceramic or metal femoral heads are used on composite hip stems because composites have relatively poor wear properties. (medscape.com)
  • The harder grades of ceramic tiles like fully vitrified porcelain tiles, stone tiles, and some clay tiles with textured surfaces have to be cut with a diamond blade. (wikipedia.org)
  • A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. (wikipedia.org)
  • The earliest ceramics made by humans were pottery objects (pots, vessels, or vases) or figurines made from clay, either by itself or mixed with other materials like silica, hardened and sintered in fire. (wikipedia.org)
  • Human beings appear to have been making their own ceramics for at least 26,000 years, subjecting clay and silica to intense heat to fuse and form ceramic materials. (wikipedia.org)
  • Developed in a joint effort between UNICEF and the WSP, these ceramic water filters rely upon porous ceramic (fired clay) to filter microbes or other contaminants from drinking water. (inhabitat.com)
  • The ceramic filters are made from clay mixed with sawdust then fired to burn out the sawdust and leave the pores. (inhabitat.com)
  • BA Ceramic Design embraces and challenges the versatility of clay as a creative and functional material. (arts.ac.uk)
  • traditional ceramics , ceramic materials that are derived from common, naturally occurring raw materials such as clay minerals and quartz sand. (britannica.com)
  • Pewter, some glass, ceramic or glazed clay pitchers and dinnerware. (medlineplus.gov)
  • These tin-glazed earthenware vessels, tiles, and other functional items (collectively known as "Talavera" pottery after Talavera de la Reina, a historic center of the Spanish ceramic industry) sometimes also depict colonizing Europeans, figures in Chinese dress, and indigenous Mexicans-underscoring the cross-cultural complexity of the colonial period. (philamuseum.org)
  • Ceramics found on the coast of the Adriatic attest to a hitherto unknown artistic culture which flourished during the last Ice Age, thousands of years before pottery was commonly used. (cam.ac.uk)
  • Evidence of a community of prehistoric artists and craftspeople who "invented" ceramics during the last Ice Age - thousands of years before pottery became commonplace - has been found in modern-day Croatia. (cam.ac.uk)
  • The study, which is published in the journal PLoS ONE , adds to a rapidly-changing set of views about when humans first developed the ability to make ceramics and pottery. (cam.ac.uk)
  • When she transitioned from painting to ceramics, she combined her years of experience with image-making, illustration and pattern work to the practice of pottery. (jocolibrary.org)
  • Exploring the neighborhood : the role of ceramics in understanding place in the Hellenistic world : proceedings of the 3rd Conference of IARPotHP, Kaštela, June 2017, 1st-4th / IARPotHP - International Association for Research on Pottery of the Hellenistic Period e. (oeaw.ac.at)
  • In 2021, our tenth anniversary fittingly coincided with the most ambitious Ceramic House project to date. (visitbrighton.com)
  • Handmade ceramic vase, wheel thrown and hand assembled, featuring a volcanic lava glaze. (emigre.com)
  • Madoura ceramic earthenware vase pitcher. (liveauctioneers.com)
  • Highlights include Sara Howard creator of Circular Ceramics, a handmade tableware collection made from industrial waste by-products who will be speaking on the challenges of developing sustainable practises in ceramic making. (artdaily.com)
  • The search for the ideal total joint bearing has led to the development of ceramic bearings. (medscape.com)
  • Ceramic tile cutters are used to cut tiles to a required size or shape. (wikipedia.org)
  • Caesar Ceramics has introduced four new porcelain surfacing collections at VDF products fair , including a range of tiles called Enchant that evoke aged and painted wood. (dezeen.com)
  • Stoneways is a series of pared-back porcelain surface tiles by Caesar Ceramics USA that take cues from rocks and their mineral veins. (dezeen.com)
  • Most often, fired ceramics are either vitrified or semi-vitrified, as is the case with earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. (wikipedia.org)
  • Emerging from a scarlet canvas, ceramic pots reveal themselves through textures. (novica.com)
  • Elevate your succulents and small cacti with this stunning hand-painted ceramic planter, handcrafted by Rajasthani artisans. (novica.com)
  • If you like sculpted ceramic mugs like this, check out the Deadpool Grenade Mug , Thor Mjolnir Mug , Optimus Prime Mug , Ewok Mug , and Jabba the Hutt Mug . (geekalerts.com)
  • The Star Wars Ewok 20oz Sculpted Ceramic Mug holds 20 ounces of liquid. (geekalerts.com)
  • This Star Wars Stormtrooper Ceramic Mug will make you feel like an Ewok drinking from a trophy Stormtroopers helmet. (geekalerts.com)
  • Ceramics generally can withstand very high temperatures, ranging from 1,000 °C to 1,600 °C (1,800 °F to 3,000 °F). The crystallinity of ceramic materials varies widely. (wikipedia.org)
  • Each artist was asked to create 10 cups and one pouring vessel, which were installed in Glassell with the help of students in LSU's Ceramic Art Students Association. (massart.edu)
  • The Pioneer Pet Raindrop Black Ceramic Fountain drinking bowls feature a replaceable charcoal filter with three layers of filtration to capture debris and remove unnatural tastes and odors from tap water. (petedge.com)
  • Includes Ceramic drinking fountain and a replaceable charcoal filter. (petedge.com)
  • In this context, the objective of this study was, through a literature review, discuss the main aspects related to ceramic abutments used in implant-suported rehabilitation. (bvsalud.org)
  • Later, ceramics were glazed and fired to create smooth, colored surfaces, decreasing porosity through the use of glassy, amorphous ceramic coatings on top of the crystalline ceramic substrates. (wikipedia.org)
  • The large slab, 6 mm in thickness, combines technical strength and aesthetic superiority in a size which beautifully presents the unpredictable textures of the ceramic marble surfaces. (archdaily.com)
  • When compared to the most commonly used bearing couple in joint arthroplasty, which consists of cobalt-chrome (CoCr) metal alloy articulating against UHMWPE (see the image below), ceramic surfaces offer significant reductions in bearing wear rates. (medscape.com)
  • In 2016, Kay joined forces with sound artist Joseph Young to develop an ongoing collaboration working across the media of sound art and ceramic practice. (visitbrighton.com)
  • Varying crystallinity and electron composition in the ionic and covalent bonds cause most ceramic materials to be good thermal and electrical insulators (researched in ceramic engineering). (wikipedia.org)
  • With such a large range of possible options for the composition/structure of a ceramic (nearly all of the elements, nearly all types of bonding, and all levels of crystallinity), the breadth of the subject is vast, and identifiable attributes (hardness, toughness, electrical conductivity) are difficult to specify for the group as a whole. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ceramics now include domestic, industrial, and building products, as well as a wide range of materials developed for use in advanced ceramic engineering, such as semiconductors. (wikipedia.org)
  • Influence of the feldspathic ceramic thickness and shade on the microhardness of dual resin cement. (bvsalud.org)
  • The chemical curing of the dual resin cement was not sufficient to compensate for the energy attenuation promoted by the interposition of A3.5 and A4 ceramic material with 4-mm of thickness. (bvsalud.org)
  • The thickness had a greater influence on the cement microhardness than the ceramic restoration shade. (bvsalud.org)
  • We are starting to see that several distinct Palaeolithic societies made art from ceramic materials long before the Neolithic era, when ceramics became more common. (cam.ac.uk)
  • The first ceramic finds were made back in 2001. (cam.ac.uk)
  • The ceramics were clearly made with care and attention by real craftspeople who knew what they were doing. (cam.ac.uk)
  • It's made of ceramic, so it should be durable. (geekalerts.com)
  • Made in Korea in 2017 was the first time an exhibition at The Ceramic House toured to a commercial gallery, Sladmore Contemporary in Mayfair. (visitbrighton.com)
  • Made of heavy-duty ceramic - ceramic drinking bowls help prevent feline acne, easy clean and dishwasher safe. (petedge.com)
  • The earliest known mention of the root ceram- is the Mycenaean Greek ke-ra-me-we, workers of ceramic, written in Linear B syllabic script. (wikipedia.org)
  • We have through a collaboration between Sweden - USA -Greece developed a method to isolate and identify small fragments of ancient DNA trapped inside the ceramic matrix of underwater amphoras. (lu.se)
  • Recently, the International Water Association (IWA) awarded UNICEF and the Water and Sanitation Program with the 2008 Project Innovation Award Grand Prize for providing Cambodia with ceramic water filters. (inhabitat.com)
  • There are 3 active factories in Cambodia today producing 5500 ceramic water filters per month, which have been tested to reduce E.coli by 99.99 percent. (inhabitat.com)
  • UNICEF and WSP do not provide or promote ceramic water filters in Cambodia at all. (inhabitat.com)
  • The word ceramic can be used as an adjective to describe a material, product, or process, or it may be used as a noun, either singular or, more commonly, as the plural noun ceramics. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, heat treatments can convert glass into a semi-crystalline material known as glass-ceramic. (wikipedia.org)
  • Broadly, the collection belongs to a material culture known as "Epigravettian" which spanned 12,000 years, but radiocarbon dating has allowed scholars to pin down the Vela Spila ceramic collection to a much narrower period, between 17,500 and 15,000 years ago. (cam.ac.uk)
  • [ 3 , 4 ] Ceramics will continue to be developed for clinical use as the underlying engineering and material science principles of new materials are validated and as clinical data demonstrate their safety and reliability in vivo. (medscape.com)
  • Ceramic restorations (Noritake Ex 3) were manufactured with 4.0 mm diameter and 1, 2 and 4-mm thicknesses at shades A1, A2, A3, A3.5 and A4. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Ceramic House produces an ongoing programme of artistic projects which are ambitious and international in scope. (visitbrighton.com)
  • The same year, the first artists-in-residence programme was hosted by The Ceramic House for ceramic artists collaborating with sound artists. (visitbrighton.com)
  • This course is part of the Product, Ceramic and Industrial Design programme. (arts.ac.uk)
  • This article describes the basic characteristics of the raw materials commonly used in traditional ceramics , and it surveys the general processes that are followed in the fabrication of most traditional ceramic objects. (britannica.com)
  • The superior wear characteristics of ceramic materials have been verified in many clinical and experimental studies. (medscape.com)
  • BA Ceramic Design is a unique, specialist design course. (arts.ac.uk)
  • BA Ceramic Design is delivered by a team of high-profile practitioners and specialist technicians. (arts.ac.uk)
  • BA Ceramic Design aims to send its students out into the world as confident and critically aware designers, artists and makers. (arts.ac.uk)
  • We are committed to developing ethical ceramic design practices. (arts.ac.uk)
  • BA Ceramic Design is designed to help your creative and professional development. (arts.ac.uk)
  • Cups "Jet" - Design of ceramics cups. (coroflot.com)
  • This beautiful pair of ceramic ornaments is from Jose Arriola in Guatemala. (novica.com)
  • Ceramic bearings were first employed as alternatives to polyethylene (PE) bearings in total joint arthroplasty about a decade after Sir John Charnley introduced the first durable total hip arthroplasty (THA) with a metal-PE articulation. (medscape.com)
  • It is also a pop-up gallery, an artists residency, a unique guesthouse and a project space investigating the intersections between ceramic and sound art practice. (visitbrighton.com)
  • Kay moved to Brighton in 2008 and upon discovering Artists Open Houses, decided to turn her house into a showcase of her architectural ceramics practice as she states, "As a public artist, most people can only ever view my site-specific work in photographic form, as it tends to be sited in faraway places. (visitbrighton.com)
  • This addresses ethical and sustainable studio practice, meaningful public engagement and the need for ceramics education. (arts.ac.uk)
  • Although the number of subjects is small, these results suggest that the dominant route of exposure for case 1 was inhalation of dioxins volatilized during tiring of ceramic pieces in the unvented kilns in the basement of their home. (goshen.edu)
  • Many ceramics experts do not consider materials with an amorphous (noncrystalline) character (i.e., glass) to be ceramics, even though glassmaking involves several steps of the ceramic process and its mechanical properties are similar to those of ceramic materials. (wikipedia.org)
  • This lamp features an oval textured stucco ceramic base and a white fabric shade. (michaels.com)
  • Meet is a porcelain surface collection with a wood-like finish, developed by Caesar Ceramics to suit both contemporary and classical interiors. (dezeen.com)
  • Featuring 92 leading makers from 11 different countries and with price points ranging between 20 5000, Ceramic Art London is the place to see and buy the best contemporary ceramics, from the functional and decorative to the abstract and architectural. (artdaily.com)
  • Our unique ceramic coffee mugs will soon be your new favorite way to consume hot or cold beverages. (cafepress.com)
  • Modern ceramic materials, which are classified as advanced ceramics, include silicon carbide and tungsten carbide. (wikipedia.org)
  • Their report, published this week, suggests that although earlier ceramic remnants have been found elsewhere, they had no connection with the site, where the ability to make these artefacts appears to have been independently rediscovered by the people who lived there. (cam.ac.uk)
  • So, we celebrate the return of the makers, the potters, the ceramic artists and the people who love what they make. (artdaily.com)
  • You will examine the potential of ceramics to progress into other visual languages, critical discourses and a wide range of professional opportunities. (arts.ac.uk)
  • The use of stone in Italian art and architecture informed the Shapes of Italy porcelain surface tile collection by Caesar Ceramics . (dezeen.com)
  • An exhibition of Chinese ceramics was followed by a virtual residency for Hong Kong ceramic artists collaborating with UK sound artists to create work for Quex House in response to the colonial-era collection in the Powell Cotton Museum. (visitbrighton.com)
  • This Star Wars Stormtrooper Ceramic Mug is 6″ tall and is the perfect addition to your mug collection. (geekalerts.com)
  • Erin Lightfoot, an artist and designer based in Australia who is known for her textile work, has created a collection of ceramic bracelets. (trendhunter.com)
  • Whether it's reflecting on the past, looking to the future or exploring the here and now, Johnson County Library is investing in TIME this spring featuring ceramics by Dick Daniels, painting by Nicole Emanuel, photographs by Ken Thompson and 100 Years of Dress from the De De DeVille Collection. (jocolibrary.org)
  • Mexican ceramics from the 1600s through the 1800s reflect a corresponding blend of artistic influences. (philamuseum.org)
  • As well as being the first and only evidence of ceramic, figurative art in south-eastern Europe during the Upper Palaeolithic, the collection's size, range and complexity suggests that Vela Spila was the heart of a flourishing and distinctive artistic tradition. (cam.ac.uk)
  • We partner with museums, galleries, universities and international residencies to create exhibitions, installations, publications, films and performance events which extend our reach beyond The Ceramic House and out towards the wider international artistic community. (visitbrighton.com)
  • Finger marks can still be seen where the objects were handled while the ceramic paste was wet. (cam.ac.uk)
  • Traditional ceramic objects are almost as old as the human race . (britannica.com)
  • A range of ceramic nuts, bolts, and washers handle applications where high temperature, high voltages, magnetism, or harsh conditions limit or prohibit the use of other materials. (machinedesign.com)
  • THE CERAMIC HOUSE is the creation of architectural ceramicist Kay Aplin , who has transformed her home into a living work of art and created a permanent showcase of her ceramic installations. (visitbrighton.com)
  • I wanted to create a context in which visitors could see and touch my tactile work and The Ceramic House came into being. (visitbrighton.com)
  • In 2014, the first themed project took place, an exchange with Denmark which involved an exhibition of Danish ceramics at The Ceramic House and a residency at Guldagergaard and exhibition of Kay's work at European Ceramic Context in Denmark. (visitbrighton.com)
  • Their ceramic art flourished for about 2,500 years, but then disappeared. (cam.ac.uk)
  • Although the finds bear some similarities with ceramics discovered in the Czech Republic, which date back a further 10,000 years, there are enough structural and stylistic differences - as well as separation by a huge gulf in time - to suggest no continuity between the two. (cam.ac.uk)