Timeline of Selected Ceramic and Glass Developments
Year Development
24,000 B.C. Ceramic figurines used for ceremonial purposes
14,000 B.C. First tiles made in Mesopotamia and India
9000-10,000 B.C. Pottery making begins
5000-8000 B.C. Glazes discovered in Egypt
1500 B.C. Glass objects first made
1550 A.D. Synthetic refractories (temperature resistant) for furnaces
used to make steel, glass, ceramics, cement
Mid 1800’s Porcelain electrical insulation
Incandescent light bulb
1920’s High-strength quartz-enriched porcelain for insulators
Alumina spark plugs
Glass windows for automobiles
1940’s Capacitors and magnetic ferrites
1960’s Alumina insulators for voltages over 220 kV
Application of carbides and nitrides
1970’s Introduction of high-performance cellular ceramic
substrates for catalytic converters and particulate filters for
diesel engines
1980’s High temperature superconductors
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