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Name and describe the different types of ceramics.

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Earthenware is a low-fired ceramic (around 1000–1150 °C) that remains porous and relatively soft unless glazed; common examples are terracotta and decorative pottery. Stoneware is fired at higher temperatures (about 1200–1300 °C), becomes vitrified and non-porous, and is stronger and more durable than earthenware, used for cookware and utilitarian wares. Porcelain (including bone china) is a high-fired, white, often translucent ceramic made from kaolin and other materials; it is very hard and glassy, with bone china adding bone ash for extra strength and translucency. Technical or advanced ceramics (e.g., alumina, zirconia, silicon carbide) are engineered for specific mechanical, thermal, electrical, or chemical properties and are used in electronics, medical implants, aerospace, and industrial applications.