Materials: Clays; fluxes; fillers, plaster of paris, glazes; colours. Body formulations and properties: earthenware, earthenware talc bodies, vitreous hotelware, high alumina bodies, stoneware, porcelain, continental porcelain, English translucent china (E C T), bone china, sanitaryware, fireclay sanitaryware, wall tiles. Manufacturing Processes: Body preparation processes, methods of fabrication, drying, bisque firing, glazing, decoration. Testing: Sampling, measurement of moisture content, examination by optical microscopy, particle size analysis, determination of surface area, chemical analysis, mineralogical composition, thermal analysis, cation exchange capacities of clays, plasticity, contractions, modulus of rupture, tests on plaster of paris, control of casting slips, firing control, vitrification, visual assessment of fired materials, density, porosity and water absorption, body-glaze fit, hardness, tests on unfired glazes, autoclave test and crazing resistance, thermal shock resistance, edge chipping and impact test, moisture expansion, electron probe micro analyser (EPMA), metal release, measurement of colour, translucency. Loss and Quality Control Schemes: Tableware; sanitaryware, wall tiles. Appendices. Index.