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petuntse

/pi-toon-tse; Chinese baw-duhn-dzuh/US // pɪˈtʊn tsɛ; Chinese ˈbɔˈdʌnˈdzʌ //UK // (pɪˈtʌntsɪ, -ˈtʊn-) //

宠儿,彼得森,宠信,小号

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a type of feldspar, used in certain porcelains.

Examples

  • It is not, therefore, composed simply of kaolin and petuntse.

  • The manufacture of hard porcelain was begun at Svres in 1769, the quarries of St. Yrieix supplying both the kaolin and petuntse.

  • Chemically, petuntse resembles the pegmatite of Limoges; mineralogically, it is to be classed with petrosilicious felspar.

  • The kaolin and petuntse used in making paste for Chinese porcelain are chemically identical with the materials used in Europe.

  • The Chinese glaze is also the more fusible, on account of the addition of lime to the petuntse, which the French use pure.

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