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tin and chrome

updated sat 18 feb 12

 

pat gilmartin on fri 17 feb 12


I'm still trying to determine if the fumes from a glaze containing both tin=
and chrome will damage firebrick or kiln elements when fired to 05. Can an=
yone help?

Neil Estrick on fri 17 feb 12


No more than copper, cobalt, or any of the other stuff that burns out of =
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clay. Not a problem.

Steve Mills on fri 17 feb 12


The fumes from that combination may temporarily contaminate the brick, and =
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ead to pink flashing on white glazes for a while in the future, but it is u=
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likely to damage the elements and certainly won't damage the brick.=3D20

The most hostile atmosphere in any Electric Kiln is Reduction which can bad=
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y degrade the elements. Glaze fumes in general are not hostile.=3D20

Steve M


Steve Mills
Bath
UK
www.mudslinger.me.uk
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On 17 Feb 2012, at 14:18, pat gilmartin wrote:

> I'm still trying to determine if the fumes from a glaze containing both t=
i=3D
n and chrome will damage firebrick or kiln elements when fired to 05. Can a=
n=3D
yone help?