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phosphorous pentoxide (p205) bubbles in chun glazes

updated tue 26 mar 02

 

Marianne Lombardo on sun 24 mar 02


Lee;

Do you know if products such as the Bone Ash Substitute sold at Tucker's
would contain P205?

Marianne Lombardo
Omemee, Ontario, Canada

> Phosphorous Pentoxide - P2O5, is responsible for the bubbles in the
original
> Chun glazes. It can be introduced from ashes or bone ash. P2O5
opacifies by
> suspending small gas bubbles in the glaze. These bubbles act like a
prism
> giving the same type of blue in the glaze you see in the blue sky.

Lee Love on mon 25 mar 02


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marianne Lombardo"

> Lee;
>
> Do you know if products such as the Bone Ash Substitute sold at Tucker's
> would contain P205?

Marianne,

I don't know, but I would imagine it would. Phosphorus _is_ the
reason I use bone ash.

Lee in Mashiko

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