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Vitrified

English translation: turned into glass

12:38 Jul 26, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
English term or phrase: Vitrified
I'm not sure the exact meaning of the "vitrified" in the following sentence:

-Hollow porcelain shall be sound, free from defects thoroughly vitrified.

Could you please explain this sentence?

Thank you.
Aya
Selected answer:turned into glass
Explanation:
It's a heating process that makes them impermeable without a glaze.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitrification

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcelain

HTH
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Chris Ellison
Spain
Local time: 11:01
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +3turned into glass
Chris Ellison
3 +3made into glass or glass substance by heat fusion
Yasutomo Kanazawa
4 +2glazed
Jack Doughty


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
vitrified
turned into glass


Explanation:
It's a heating process that makes them impermeable without a glaze.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitrification

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcelain

HTH

Chris Ellison
Spain
Local time: 11:01
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
6 hrs
agree  Piyush Ojha: Yes, provided that one understands "glass" in its scientific sense: a non-crystalline, amorphous solid with no long-range order.
6 hrs
  -> Yes - I hope that is clear as in this case they state porcelain. :o)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: yes, pottery transformed into "glass", it's the process but vitrification/vitrified will have to be retained to avoid any ambiguity in meaning
1 day 10 mins
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
vitrified
made into glass or glass substance by heat fusion


Explanation:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/vitrify

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Note added at 6 mins (2016-07-26 12:44:52 GMT)
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Hollow porcelain shall be free from damage, free from defects by thorough vitrification (by changing or making into glass or glass substance by heat fusion.

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 18:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
2 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  Harry Crawford
4 days
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  crossroad
7 days
  -> Thank you very much!
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
vitrified
glazed


Explanation:
The porcelain is not turned into glass, it has a coating of glass applied to it

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:01
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 143

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  StefanoFarris
47 mins
  -> Thank you.
neutral  philgoddard: It's partly turned into glass.
1 hr
agree  Daryo: exactly
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  acetran: vitrified tiles
4 hrs
  -> Thank you.
disagree  Tina Vonhof (X): Vitrification results from very hight firing, not from a glaze.
5 hrs
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