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Process of inorganic materials Inorganic materials are the general name of all the materials except polymers materials. In this course we have mainly learned two kinds of materials, they are pottery and cement. 1. Pottery is a kind of inorganic materials, it is fired of natural or synthetical powder materials under high temperature. It can be divided into common pottery like our cup, plate and bowl, and special pottery, they have a number of special functions, like wear resistance, heat resistance and corrosion resistance. In our daily life, we can see a glaze whether in the surface of a bowl, or in the surface of a flower vase. This glaze can isolate gas and liquid, can make the surface easily wash and increase the sense of beauty. The body of pottery cant be without the glaze, but we must be careful, when we choose the materials of glaze. In theory the glaze is the most safe when the thermal expansion coefficient of body and glaze is equal (shows the change ability of volume and length when the materials is heated or cooled). Actually it is impossible. (because the component of body and glaze are different, then the thermal expansion coefficient are different). When the thermal expansion coefficient of glaze is bigger than body, in the cooling process after firing, the glaze shrink more and exist tensile stress, it reduces the strength of pottery and make the glaze breach. But when the thermal expansion coefficient of glaze is smaller than the body, in the cooling process after firing, the glaze shrink less and exist compressive stress, this even distributed compressive stress can increase the strength, but if the thermal expansion coefficient of glaze is too much smaller than the body, the glaze will peel off. 2.Cement is also a kind of common materials, it is used for roads, houses and so on. It is a powder materials, and have a strength and hardness after stiffen in the water or in the air, thus satisfy the requirements of people. Here I want to mainly introduc