kiln
Sign in to saveAlso known as kilns, traditional brick factory
thumb|250px|Charcoal kiln in California thumb|250px|Indian brick kiln thumb|250px|Hops kiln thumb|250px|Farnham Pottery, [[Wrecclesham, Surrey with the preserved bottle kiln on the right of photo]] thumb|250px|A modern tunnel kiln thumb|right|250px|Fired ware on a kiln car exiting an intermittent kiln
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Within Vinony's link graph, kiln is referenced by 1,434 other articles, and connects out to ceramic, Common Era and calcium oxide.
It is catalogued under the topic Kilns.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
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- time of discovery or invention
- 6000-00-00
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- man_made=kiln
- Commons category
- Kilns
- inception
- 6000-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Pronunciation
- Uses of kilns
- Ceramic kilns
- Modern kilns
- Wood-drying kiln
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|250px|Charcoal kiln in California thumb|250px|Indian brick kiln thumb|250px|Hops kiln thumb|250px|Farnham Pottery, [[Wrecclesham, Surrey with the preserved bottle kiln on the right of photo]] thumb|250px|A modern tunnel kiln thumb|right|250px|Fired ware on a kiln car exiting an intermittent kiln
A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or chemical changes. Kilns have been used for millennia to turn objects made from clay into pottery, tiles and bricks. Various industries use rotary kilns for pyroprocessing (to calcinate ores, such as limestone to lime for cement) and to transform many other materials.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “kiln” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.