IKaolin yiminerali engeyoyesinyithi, eluhlobo lwelitye lodongwe nodongwe oluqulunqwe ikakhulu ziiminerali zodongwe zeqela leKaolinite. Ngenxa yembonakalo yayo emhlophe nethambileyo, ikwaziwa njengomhlaba weBaiyun. Ithiywe ngegama leGaoling Village eJingdezhen, kwiPhondo laseJiangxi.

I-kaolin yayo ecocekileyo imhlophe, ithambile kwaye ifana neMollisol, ine-plasticity elungileyo, ukumelana nomlilo kunye nezinye iimpawu zomzimba nezekhemikhali. Ulwakhiwo lwayo lweeminerali luquka ikakhulu iKaolinite, i-halloysite, i-hydromica, i-Illite, iMontmorillonite, i-quartz, i-feldspar kunye nezinye iiminerali. I-Kaolin isetyenziswa kakhulu ekwenzeni iphepha, iiseramikhi, kunye nezinto ezichaseneyo, ilandelwa zizinto zokugquma, izizalisi zerabha, iiglaze ze-enamel, kunye nezinto eziluhlaza zesamente emhlophe. Inani elincinci lisetyenziswa kwiplastiki, ipeyinti, ii-pigment, amavili okugaya, iipensele, izinto zokuthambisa zemihla ngemihla, isepha, izibulali-zinambuzane, amayeza, amalaphu, ipetroli, iikhemikhali, izixhobo zokwakha, ukhuselo lwesizwe, kunye namanye amacandelo emizi-mveliso.
I-Kaolin ibe yinto ebalulekileyo kwi-mineral complex kwiinkampani ezininzi ezifana nokwenza iphepha, ii-ceramics, irabha, ubunjineli beekhemikhali, ii-coating, amayeza, kunye nokhuselo lwesizwe.

Ishishini le-ceramic lelona shishini liqalayo nelisetyenziswa kakhulu ekusetyenzisweni kwe-kaolin. Umthamo oqhelekileyo yi-20% ukuya kwi-30% yefomyula. Indima ye-kaolin kwi-ceramics kukungenisa i-Al2O3, eluncedo ekwakhiweni kwe-mullite, iphucula uzinzo lwayo lweekhemikhali kunye namandla okusila. Ngexesha lokusila, i-kaolin iyabola ukuze yenze i-mullite, yenze isakhelo esiphambili samandla omzimba. Oku kunokuthintela ukuguquka kwemveliso, kwandise ubushushu bokudubula, kwaye kunike umzimba inqanaba elithile lobumhlophe. Kwangaxeshanye, i-kaolin ine-plasticity ethile, ukuhambelana, ukumiswa kunye nokukwazi ukubopha, okunika udongwe lwe-porcelain kunye ne-porcelain glaze ukwakheka okuhle, okwenza umzimba wodongwe lwe-porcelain ube luncedo ekujikeni, ekugrumbeni nasekubunjweni. Ukuba isetyenziswa kwiingcingo, inokunyusa ubushushu kwaye inciphise ukulahleka kwe-dielectric.

Iiseramikhi azinazo nje kuphela iimfuno ezingqongqo zeplastiki, ukunamathela, ukushwabana kokomisa, amandla okomisa, ukushwabana kokusila, iimpawu zokusila, ukumelana nomlilo, kunye nobumhlophe emva kokudubula kwekaolin, kodwa zikwabandakanya iimpawu zeekhemikhali, ingakumbi ubukho bezinto zechromogenic ezifana nentsimbi, i-titanium, i-copper, i-chromium, kunye ne-manganese, ezinciphisa ubumhlophe emva kokudubula kwaye zivelise amabala.
Imfuneko yobukhulu beesuntswana ze-kaolin ngokubanzi kukuba xa zicolekile ngcono, ukuze udaka lwe-porcelain lube ne-plasticity elungileyo kunye namandla okomisa. Nangona kunjalo, kwiinkqubo zokuphosa ezifuna ukuphoswa ngokukhawuleza, isantya sokugrutha esikhawulezileyo, kunye nesantya sokuphelelwa ngamanzi emzimbeni, kuyimfuneko ukwandisa ubungakanani beesuntswana zezithako. Ukongeza, umahluko kwi-crystallinity ye-Kaolinite kwi-kaolin uya kuchaphazela kakhulu ukusebenza kobuchwepheshe bomzimba we-ceramic. Nge-crystallinity elungileyo, i-plasticity kunye nokukwazi ukubopha kuya kuba sezantsi, ukuncitshiswa kokomisa kuya kuba kuncinci, ubushushu bokuphoswa buya kuba phezulu, kwaye umxholo wokungcola uya kuncitshiswa; Ngokwahlukileyo koko, i-plasticity yayo iphezulu, ukuncitshiswa kokomisa kukhulu, ubushushu bokuphoswa buya kuba phantsi, kwaye umxholo wokungcola ohambelanayo uphezulu.