Ceramic (disambiguation)

A ceramic is an inorganic, nonmetallic solid material comprising metal, nonmetal or metalloid atoms primarily held in ionic and covalent bonds. The earliest ceramic objects made by humans were pottery. Ceramics have a wide range of uses, including utilitarian, artistic, and high technology.

Ceramic may also refer to:

Topics which relate to the primary meaning

Processes and objects

Anthropoid ceramic coffins, associated with some Near East burial customs in the Bronze Age
Asbestos-ceramic, a prehistoric type of comb ceramic pottery manufactured from asbestos and clay in North Western Europe
Ceramic armor, used by armored vehicles and in personal armor
Ceramic art, art made from ceramic materials
Ceramic building material, an umbrella term used in archaeology to cover all building materials made from baked clay
Ceramic capacitor, an electronic component with ceramic dielectric
Ceramic chemistry, the chemistry of ceramic glaze
Ceramic colorants, substances added to clay or ceramic glaze to create color
Ceramic decal, a transfer system used to apply pre-printed images or designs to ceramic items
Ceramic discharge metal-halide lamp
Ceramic engineering, the science and technology of creating ceramic objects
Ceramic flux, a substance used to promote partial liquefaction in clay bodies and glazes
Ceramic foam, a tough foam made from ceramics
Ceramic forming techniques, methods of forming ceramic shapes
Ceramic glaze, a vitreous substance fused to a ceramic body through firing
Ceramic heat cell, a ceramic device to burn a fuel without flame
Ceramic heater, a space heater with a ceramic heating element
Ceramic houses, buildings made of an earth mixture high in clay and fired to become ceramic, a technique developed in Iran in the 1970s
Ceramic-impregnated fabrics
Ceramic knife, a knife made of ceramic
Ceramic matrix composite, a composite material which consists of ceramic fibers embedded in a ceramic matrix
Ceramic membrane, used in liquid filtration
Ceramic mixing technology
Ceramic mold casting, a metal casting process
Ceramic molding, traditional methods of forming ceramic objects
Ceramic petrography, a laboratory-based scientific archaeological technique in which ceramics and other inorganic materials are examined using polarized light microscopy
Ceramic products cluster, the ceramic industry of Wallonia, Belgium
Ceramic resonator, an electronic component
Ceramic tile cutter, a tool for cutting ceramic tiles
Ceramic valve, a valve with ceramic trim, ball, seat, disc or lining
Ceramic water filter, an inexpensive and effective type of water filter
Co-fired ceramic, a monolithic ceramic microelectronic device
Comb Ceramic, a widespread type of prehistoric pottery
Compaction of ceramic powders, a forming technique for ceramics
Conservation and restoration of ceramic objects, an activity concerned with archaeological, historic and artistic objects
Digital ceramic printing on glass
Glass-ceramic, a polycrystalline material
Glass-ceramic-to-metal seals
Kenya Ceramic Jiko, a portable charcoal-burning stove developed in the 1990s
Nanophase ceramic, ceramics having grain sizes under 100 nanometers
Protonic ceramic fuel cell
Salt ceramic, a traditional salt-based modeling medium
Sangkhalok ceramic ware, Thailand
Vacuum ceramic filter, a device for separating liquids from solids for dewatering purposes

Organizations

Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto, Japan
American Ceramic Society, Westerville, Ohio
- Journal of the American Ceramic Society, a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, a public, nonprofit, educational institution located near Helena, Montana
British Ceramic Tile, a manufacturing company founded at Heathfield, Devon in the 1850s
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkota, India
Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology, Kolkota, India
Icheon Ceramic Festival, held annually in Gyeonggi-do province, South Korea
Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China
Jordan Ceramic Industries, a manufacturing company in Jordan
Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Arita, Saga Prefecture, Japan
La Bisbal Ceramic School, Catalonia, Spain
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, a U.S. organization concerned with ceramics as an art form and in creative education
National Museum of Ceramic Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Oriental Ceramic Society, a society devoted to the study and appreciation of all aspects of oriental art founded 1921 in London
Orton Ceramic Foundation, a charitable trust based in Westerville, Ohio
Portage Ceramic Awards, an annual prize for New Zealand ceramic art
Salzburg Award for Ceramic Art, an Austrian award
Schein–Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred University, Alfred, New York State
Seokbong Ceramic Museum, Seoul, South Korea

Miscellaneous

Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural, a decorative structure in Hanoi, Vietnam
List of Korean ceramic artists and sculptors

Places

Ceramic, North Carolina, a ghost town
Kazerun Ceramic Tile Company, a village and company town in Deris Rural District, Central District of Kazerun County, Fars Province, Iran

Other uses

Ceramic Hello, a musical duo from Burlington, Ontario formed in 1980
H₂Ceramic cooling, a computer cooling product
SS Ceramic, a British ocean liner, launched 1912, sunk 1942 by German torpedo attack with the loss of all but one of 656 passengers and crew