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For those of you who wonder about the materials <strong>WHY<\/strong> in ceramics, they have a <a title=\"Science at Matt and Dave's Clay\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mattanddavesclays.com\/Science\/ScienceHome.html\" target=\"_blank\">Science<\/a>\u00a0page on their clay web site. Included are their presentations from NCECA, a free Unity Molecular Formula calculator for Excel, and other goodies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a couple of guys from Alfred who have a forward clay company, Matt and Dave&#8217;s Clay. I haven&#8217;t met then face-to-face, but they&#8217;re fun, lively guys, at least on the internet. For those of you who wonder about the materials WHY in ceramics, they have a Science\u00a0page on their clay web site. 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