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si:al ratio's for low, med. and high fire ware

updated thu 3 jun 04

 

Kat in the Hat on tue 1 jun 04


Hi Ron and all:

I was wondering do you use a guide-line or limit's for silica
and alumina ratio in low, med. and high temperature firing glazes.
What would they be?

I know that there is exceptions to the rules, (ie. high alumina
matte's) -- specifically I am thinking glossy glazes. I noticed
info. for the medium range, but it is not clear to me on the low
and high temperature range. What is your opinion on that?

Kat
kat@digitalfire.com
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Ron Roy on wed 2 jun 04


Hi Kat,

I use two sets of limits - the one included in Insight and the set in David
Greens "Understanding Pottery Glazes for glazes with boron in them - same
set is in Cooper and Royals "Glazes for the potter."

They are only a starting point really - after a while you start making your
own to suit yourself.

Then there are the set that came out of our research on stable glazes.

From the Insight Manual - B2O3 not included in flux unity.


From Green and from Cooper - B2O3 included

I tried to paste them in but it's a mess,

Send me a fax # and I'll send them.

The whole Seger system breaks down for low fire because the alkaline earths
are not fluxes down there. It helps if - in your software - you can take
them out of unity.

That is why Eppler says he prefers the mole % method.

RR

>I was wondering do you use a guide-line or limit's for silica
>and alumina ratio in low, med. and high temperature firing glazes.
>What would they be?
>
>I know that there is exceptions to the rules, (ie. high alumina
>matte's) -- specifically I am thinking glossy glazes. I noticed
>info. for the medium range, but it is not clear to me on the low
>and high temperature range. What is your opinion on that?
>
>Kat
>kat@digitalfire.com

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