Ceramic combustion also owns and has developed over time. Ceramics is the oldest civilization, as well as combustion processes. Until now, we still encounter traditional ceramic furnaces. To begin the introduction of ceramic combustion, combustion method illustrated observe ancient and ancient ceramic objects following:
Figure 1. The old-fashioned method of firing
Problems to be solved humans in everyday life in the past is the need for containers for storing food and water. This happens when the need for food and drink more. At that time the containers are used by humans is a basket, but the basket is a container which is not waterproof and can not keep food from pests. Therefore, container solid and watertight needed by humans.
Figure 3. The life of primitive tribes who rely on nature
The discovery of fire
The discovery of fire is a very big leap in the history of human civilization. Fire is very useful to keep warm, soften the food, make food safe to eat, distanced predators, and changing the materials when subjected to fire. Before the discovery of fire, man gathering (collecting food ingredients) to then be eaten in its raw state. With the discovery of fire, humans began cooking food materials.
Figure 4. People need a primitive era container watertight and safe from pests.
Moreover, humans began to create equipment everyday of land burned. They threw soil / sludge into the fire; so long created a container of soil. They know the clay of its observations on the ground that cracked during the dry season. The clay absorbs the soil, making clay / plastic and shrink when dry. Burning soil or mud that became the beginning of an important phase called ‘changes ceramics’ (ceramics change), namely through a combustion reaction.
Since that time people began to throw anything into the fire. This behavior is a form of human admiration at the time of the fire. Once they know the fire they started to throw something into the fireplace. In this way they then get to know the process of cooking, the cooking of raw bahanbahan with fireplace. Afterwards they also discovered a phenomenon that mud which they throw into the fire turned out to be hard.