Ceramic
A fired inorganic non-metallic body shaped from clay or other minerals; porcelain, stoneware, earthenware and terracotta are classes of it, told apart by body and water absorption.
How it connects
Ceramic is a kind of Mineral.
Ceramic includes Brick, Earthenware, Porcelain, Sintered stone and Stoneware.
Other kinds of Mineral: Aluminium hydroxide, Barium sulfate, Calcium carbonate, Carbon black, Cementitious, Clay, Feldspar, Filler, Flame retardant additive, Glass, Gypsum, Jade, Mica, Mineral oxide, Mineral wool, Obsidian, Pigment, Plaster, Plasterboard, Sand, Silica, Silicon, Stone, Talc and Zinc sulfide.
In other taxonomies
- CeramicUniclass, Ma_20_13nearly the same
- ceramic (material)Getty AAT, 300235507nearly the same
- ceramicWikidata, Q45621nearly the same
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Record
Widened on 2026-09-22 from a fired body other than porcelain to the ISO 13006 and ASTM C242 sense, in which porcelain is a class of ceramic.
- Broader
- Mineral
- Narrower
- Brick · Earthenware · Porcelain · Sintered stone · Stoneware
- Provenance
- referencedISO 13006:2018; ASTM C242-20, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/ceramicKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- broaderBrickincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderMineraloutgoing
- narrowerBrickoutgoing
- narrowerEarthenwareoutgoing
- narrowerPorcelainoutgoing
- narrowerSintered stoneoutgoing
- narrowerStonewareoutgoing
- broaderEarthenwareincoming
- narrowerMineralincoming
- broaderPorcelainincoming
- broaderSintered stoneincoming
- broaderStonewareincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Mineraloutgoing
- descendant (derived)Brickoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Earthenwareoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Porcelainoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Sintered stoneoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Stonewareoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Terracottaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Aluminium hydroxideoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Barium sulfateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Calcium carbonateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Carbon blackoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Cementitiousoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Clayoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Feldsparoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Filleroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Flame retardant additiveoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Glassoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Gypsumoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Jadeoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Micaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mineral oxideoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mineral wooloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Obsidianoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Pigmentoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Plasteroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Plasterboardoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Sandoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Silicaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Siliconoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Stoneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Talcoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Zinc sulfideoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniclass | Ma_20_13 | Ceramic | nearly the same |
| Getty AAT | 300235507 | ceramic (material) | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q45621 | ceramic | nearly the same |