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SHEET STEEL COOKING WARE WHITE ENAMELS ECONOMICALLY SUITABLE FOR USE IN CHINA 1
Author(s) -
LAI CHIFANG
Publication year - 1927
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1927.tb19758.x
Subject(s) - metallurgy , materials science , cryolite , gloss (optics) , zirconium oxide , antimonate , grog , zinc , oxide , calcination , tin , aluminium , composite material , chemistry , antimony , coating , biochemistry , catalysis
The research was carried on to develop data on sheet steel enamels which would be good enough and cheap enough for use in China. Substitutes for tin oxide were tested. An efficient and cheaply constructed kerosene fired enameling furnace was designed and built. Little could be gained by work on the ground coats. Sodium antimonate and calcined alumina yielded the cheapest enamels with quality almost equal to enamels made with tin oxide. Zirconium oxide yielded the best results when tested with acids. Cryolite could be reduced to the minimum and with benefit to the resulting product. High feldspar enamels proved to be most satisfactory. High zinc oxide content greatly increased the gloss but lowered the opacity. Calcined alumina failed when used alone.