There are many factors.
Ceramic heat degradation.
Chemical degradation of objects occurs not in the physical structure of the object but rather in at the chemical or compound level.
Deterioration at high temperature or extreme environments corrosion.
Broadly speaking uhtcs are borides carbides nitrides and oxides of early.
For example the beo thermal conductivity following irradiation to 0 01 dpa at 60 c was 70 of the non irradiated value whereas the corresponding value for cvd sic with an non irradiated.
May dissolve or absorb and swell when exposed to liquid solvents or deteriorate in the presence of uv and heat degradation.
Thermal shock resistance refers to a material s ability to withstand rapid changes in temperature.
Ultra high temperature ceramics uhtcs are a class of refractory ceramics that offer excellent stability at temperatures exceeding 2000 c being investigated as possible thermal protection system tps materials coatings for materials subjected to high temperatures and bulk materials for heating elements.
For stoneware and porcelain clay has to get extremely hot before it starts to melt is this what you are referring to.
What ceramic what kind of atmosphere and how high.
A sudden change can cause rapid and unequal expansion or contraction that set up tensile stresses in.
The fractional degradation in the thermal conductivity of the beo specimens was less than that observed in most of the other ceramic specimens.
14 2 5 nanoscale ceramic coatings.
Heat and thermal shock resistance.
Highly resistance to deterioration.
Ceramic coatings can provide high performance oxide layers on metals and alloys to solve the problems of corrosion wear heat insulation and friction.
Asmatulu in corrosion protection and control using nanomaterials 2012.
Conservation and restoration of ceramic objects is a process dedicated to the preservation and protection of objects of historical and personal value made from ceramic.
Typically this activity of conservation restoration is undertaken by a conservator restorer especially when dealing with an object of cultural heritage ceramics are created from a production of coatings of inorganic.
The degradation of the chemical component of an object will hinder or weaken the stability of the object when exposed to environmental factors such as water air pollution heat humidity and the like.
The heat resistant properties of fine ceramics are measured by the temperatures at which they begin to melt and by their levels of thermal shock resistance.
That is not degrading it is reaching the melting poi.