ea maloʻo Ceramic Clay pauka no ke kūʻai aku

He lepo palu ʻo Clay me nā hunaone one, a he plasticity maikaʻi kāna ke hiki ʻole ke hele ka wai me ka maʻalahi.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka pālolo maʻamau e ke anilā o nā mineral silicate ma ka ʻili o ka honua. ʻO ka maʻamau, ua anilā ʻia ma kahi. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā ʻāpana a kokoke ke ʻano o ka pōhaku i ka pōhaku kumu, i kapa ʻia ka pālolo mua a i ʻole ka pālolo kumu. ʻO ka mea nui o kēia ʻano pālolo ka silica a me ka alumina, keʻokeʻo i ke kala a me nā pale, a ʻo ia nā mea maka no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka pālolo porcelain.

Hoʻokumu ʻia ka pālolo e ke aniani ʻana o nā minelala aluminosilicate ma ka ʻili o ka honua. Akā hiki i kekahi diagenesis ke hana i ka pālolo. ʻO ke ʻano o ka pālolo i kēia mau kaʻina hana hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona o ka holomua o ka diagenesis.
ʻO Clay kahi mea waiwai maka a koʻikoʻi. Hoʻokomo ʻia ia o nā silicates hydrated a me kekahi nui o nā alumina, nā alkali metal oxides a me nā alkalline metal metal oxides, a loaʻa nā impurities e like me ka quartz, feldspar, mica, sulfate, sulfide, a me carbonate.
Liʻiliʻi nā minela pālolo, pinepine i loko o ka nui o ka colloidal, i loko o ka crystalline a i ʻole non-crystalline form, ka hapanui o lākou he ʻano flake, a ʻo kekahi mau tubular a lāʻau paha.
ʻO nā mineral o ka pālolo i palakiko ma hope o ka hoʻomaʻū ʻia me ka wai, hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ma lalo o ke kaomi haʻahaʻa a hiki ke noho paʻa no ka manawa lōʻihi, a nui ka ʻilikai kikoʻī. Hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi ʻole ʻia nā hunaahi, no laila loaʻa iā lākou ka adsorption kino maikaʻi a me ka hana kemika o luna, a kūlike me nā cations ʻē aʻe. Ka hiki ke hoʻololi.