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DEVELOPMENT OF OPACITY IN SUPEROPAQUE ENAMELS *
Author(s) -
King Burnham W.,
Andrews Andrew I.
Publication year - 1940
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.1151-2916.1940.tb14260.x
Subject(s) - opacity , antimony , metallurgy , materials science , smelting , mineralogy , chemistry , optics , physics
A bstract Using X‐ray and microscopic technique, a detailed examination was made of the effect of smelting time and temperature on the crystalline material causing opacity in typical superopaque antimony enamels. It was found that, although the crystalline antimony compound causing opacity in such enamels dissolved very slowly at smelting temperatures, there was a decided increase in the particle size of the opacifier particles as the time of smelting was increased. The presence of calcium was found to be beneficial in producing opacity.