Why is Bone China called so?

Bone China is so called because powdered animal bone is mixed with the clay to give it translucency and whiteness.

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sajee

Bone China is a porcelain which was evolved in a process. This porcelain is known for its pure whiteness. 

Animal bone is used as the main ingredieents in its preparation... In the evolution "China stone" and "China Clay" are also being added  to prepare this type of porcelain.

As Bones and products named with China are used, it is named as "China Bone".

 

Here is the composition of China Bone..
6 parts Animal Bone Ash. 
4 parts China Stone. 
3.5 parts China Clay.  

This composition is very famous and helps the porcelain be thicker and durable. 

bcz it is stronger

Bone china named so because bone china is a type of porcelain, which is composed of bone ash, feldspar material and kaolin. Since it is derived of animal bone and calcium phosphate and is translucent in its look. Though in UK and US bone china is referred to as English porcelain.

China is associated with this quality for crockery but it is made in India also. It is light weight crockery.

Bone china is made of Bone ash, China clay and China stone, lime, silica and alkalies etc.
But its main ingredient[25%] is animal bone ash. So it is called Bone China.

Crockery of bone china is lightweight and looks beautiful.

Hi Kalyani,

Bone china is stronger and more translucent than the basic porcelain and it is considered to be the finest of all type..Inorder to make it so strong calcined bone ash (powdery ash left from the burning (calcination) of bones).Other than that Porcelain is generally called China which made the material to be called as Bone china.

Please see the resources..

Regards

I am agree with this.

It is a powered animal bone.