Porcelain

Porcelain is a ceramic material that is often used in the manufacture of dishes, decoration objects and similar. Porcelain essentially consists of kaolin, feldspar and quartz. Depending on the relation of the fabrics to each other, a distinction is made between hard-porcelain and soft-porcelain.

Porcelain is usually burnt and glazed twice during the manufacture. Unlike other ceramic products the feldspar doesn’t crystalize after the burning, which offers a glass-like surface with partly translucent gloss to the porcelain. Another characteristic of porcelain is its huge hardness. It furthermore is extremely acids and leach resistant. Porcelain possesses moreover a good insulating function against electricity and it is a bad heat conductor.

Porcelain is often decorated after the burning procedure. This can occur with printed deco-foils or by hand-paintings. Depending on the sort of decor, afterwards even one or more decorating burns can follow. The final colours do strongly differ from the colours that are applied on the porcelain before the burning procedure.

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