The Composition of Porcelain, the Reason European Ceramists Invested Half a Decade Into Reverse Engineering the Manufacturing Formula of Chinese Porcelain During the 18th Century, the Person Who Discovered How to Emulate Chinese Porcelain in 1708, How Chinese Ceramists Developed a Lustrous Iridescent Finish for Porcelain, and the Paradox of the High Compressive Strength of Porcelain

Porcelain is very refined clay processed to an exceptional degree of purity and fired at extremely high temperatures, which gives porcelain its characteristic semi-translucence, strength, and delicate appearance. The Chinese first discovered how to create it and kept their glaze technique and manufacturing technique a secret, but because it was so popular in Europe in the 1700's, the Europeans spent years of trial and error learning how to recreate it. German ceramist Johann Friedrich Böttger wa...


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