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| | Differences between Porcelain and Bone China (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | It is fired at about 1400 degress C. Bone China, on the other hand, is a mixture of this porcelain mixture and about 40 or 50 percent bone ash. |
 | | The bone ash serves to whiten and slightly strengthen the porcelain, while reducing the necessary firing temperature by about 150-200 degrees C. Bone china was invented in England in the late eighteenth century, and was apparently superior in strength, translucency, thinness, and whiteness to the porcelain then being produced in Europe. |
 | | I heard from a porcelain collector that most porcelain made today for dinnerware is bone china, though actual bones are apparently no longer generally used; instead they use the pure chemical, calcium carbonate, that is the important ingredient from the bones. |
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