This document specifies terms and associated definitions which are typically used for fine ceramic (advanced ceramic, advanced technical ceramic) materials, products, applications, properties and processes. This document also contains those abbreviated terms which have found general acceptance in scientific and technical literature; they are given together with the corresponding full terms and definitions or descriptions.


In this document, terms are defined using the term ‘fine ceramic’. The definitions apply equally to ‘advanced ceramics’ and ‘advanced technical ceramics’, which are considered to be equivalent.


This document does not include terms which, though used in the field of fine ceramics, are of a more general nature and are also well known in other fields of technology.


NOTE       Terms and definitions of a more general nature are available in ASTM C 1145-2019, EN 14232 and JIS R 1600.