An unfired, compacted mass of advanced ceramic powder and binders that has been pressed or extruded into its initial shape. In technical and industrial ceramics, this fragile precursor must be carefully handled and sometimes machined before it goes into the furnace for final densification.
Heard on the job
The extruder pushed out a flawless greenbody, but it cracked during the binder burnout phase.
Do not mix it up with
- Greenware: Greenbody is typically used in advanced or industrial technical ceramics, whereas greenware is the standard term for unfired studio pottery.