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pyroplasticity
1. Formed, or shaped, by the strong heat of flames.
2. Clay bodies exhibit pyroplasticity when they are fired.
2. Clay bodies exhibit pyroplasticity when they are fired.
Basically they get soft again in the heat of the kiln and can deform under their own weight.
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