Talk:Ceramic engineering

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[edit] Content Added

I took the liberty of adding some content, including references. I was disappointed by the shallowness and vagueness of what I read on this page originally, and the internal links. I added a paragraph of key events in ceramic engineering history. It is far from complete, but it does provide links to some important people, materials and processes. I added a paragraph on the history of ceramic education and the foundation of the American Ceramic Society. I added a list of books under Further Reading. I added some company names under Present Day Ceramic Engineering. Now, the interested reader knows where to look for more and deeper information. As far as I know, Alfred Univ is not affiliated with SUNY.His Manliness (talk) 21:49, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

I have put in information to help anyone who is interested in this discipline either as a future ceramic engineer or just plain interested in this type of material.

The information pertains to the ceramic process. I agree with the above editor that the page is vague and shallow.

By adding the ceramic process, the definition of a ceramic, and types of ceramic materials, I believe it gives a reader a deeper look into this specific material.

--Deekayfry (talk) 06:15, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Continued on the ceramic process. Added a few parts of this process notably assembly, packaging, and shipping/logistics.

Also reworded some lines by showing a progression of significant physical changed as the ceramic material goes from grinding to finished product.

I intend to add references, and also break each process into their own sub-category to give better information flow.

I am happy with some addition between my addition as pertaining to schools, and product catagory, and some link ups on sintering and spray drying. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deekayfry (talk • contribs) 06:54, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I am rethinking the page lay-out that simplifies the article. Many of the verbiage such as ceramic and milling already have their own article. I believe that creating more articles and linking to them from this page creates a smoother flow.

It will make it an easy read, and follows the Wikipedia of good article writing.

I see great references added to this page. I believe we will need to go further by listing page #'s from which the information came from. Deekayfry (talk) 09:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Farhenheit & Celsius

I'm OK with the recent suggestion of a compromise, however to suggest "industry usually talks in Farhenheit and Academia usually talks in Celsius. There are exceptions, but it is mostly this way" is plainly incorrect. The only area of the world were farhenheit is used in industry, or most walks of life, in the USA. Everywhere else, and hence the overwhelming majority of indusrty, uses metric. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.127.191 (talk) 14:06, 31 May 2008 (UTC)