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SALT GLAZES FOR STRUCTURAL BUILDING UNITS *
Author(s) -
Foster H. D.
Publication year - 1943
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.1151-2916.1943.tb15189.x
Subject(s) - glaze , borax , materials science , mineralogy , crazing , salt (chemistry) , portlandite , ceramic glaze , metallurgy , composite material , geology , chemistry , polymer , raw material , ceramic , portland cement , organic chemistry , cement
A bstract The conditions necessary for the formation of a clear, transparent salt glaze on structural building units are described. Laboratory trials, which were made under these conditions or slight modifications of them, were studied by means of enlarged photographs of the surfaces and thin sections of the glazes. These pictures illustrate the process of formation of the glaze and show that glazes more than 0.001 in. thick are susceptible to crazing. Salt glazes usually are formed from 0.003 to 0.004 in. thick in order to obtain a smooth brilliant glaze, but such glazes craze badly. Much better glazes may be obtained with only a sufficient number of saltings to give a glaze thickness of approximately 0.001 in., followed by a maturing or smoothing treatment in which the salting temperature is held for some time, or borax is used during the latter part of the salting and (or) the early part of the cooling period.