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do soft brick stand up to "soda firings"? does itc protect soft brick

updated sun 23 feb 03

 

Craig Dunn Clark on fri 21 feb 03

in salt and/or soda firings

I had posted earlier about the salt firings. Does anyone have any =
experience with "soda firings." How corrosive is the atomoshere in a =
soda firing? From what I understand the sodium in a salt firing attacks =
the silica in the bricks, will quickly destroy untreated soft brick, and =
that it is necessary to have high alumina hard brick for the =
construction of a decent salt kiln. I have been told that ITC will =
protect soft brick in a salt kiln. Does anyone have any experience with =
this? Is the same thing true of a "soda" firing?
Thankyou
Craig Dunn Clark
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