Premium
RECENT STUDIES OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES UNDERLYING GLASSMELTING *
Author(s) -
TURNER W. E S.
Publication year - 1934
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.1151-2916.1934.tb19279.x
Subject(s) - calcium carbonate , calcium , sintering , sodium carbonate , shrinkage , carbonate , chemistry , chemical engineering , mineralogy , inorganic chemistry , sodium , materials science , organic chemistry , composite material , engineering
In normal glassmaking processes not one of the alkaline carbonates is decomposed by heat alone, whereas at 800°C their reaction with silica proceeds rapidly. Calcium carbonate, on the other hand, decomposes completely at 610°C; hence it is almost entirely thermal and does not rise by interaction with silica. There is evidence that in mixtures of sodium carbonate, calcium carbonate, and silica the shrinkage and sintering of the mass at 600°C and 750°C are due entirely to reaction of the soda and silica, the calcium acting as it does in the simple calcium carbonate and silica mixtures.