Advanced Ceramic Manual: Technical Data for the Studio Potter |
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alumina amount and/or Ball clay barium Barium carbonate base glaze Bentonite bisque bisque firing blue brick brown burner calcined calcium celadon ceramic China clay Chrome oxide clay body Colemanite color Color/oxidation contain cooling Copper carbonate Cr Fe Zn Cr Sn crack crystal decoration deflocculant dioxide earthenware Edgar plastic kaolin electric engobe feldspar fireclay Fluidity flux formula frit fuel glass glaze firing grams gray green grog heat iron oxide kaolin kiln lead glazes lithium low temperature luster magnesium Manganese materials matt melt metal minerals mixed mold mullite Nepheline syenite opacifier Opacity opaque overglaze oxygen PERCENT BY WEIGHT plaster porcelain pots potters produce Raku Red iron oxide reduction firing refractory Rutile salt shelves shrinkage silica slip soda sodium soluble Spodumene Stain penetration stoneware sulfate surface Talc Tin oxide titanium toxic translucent vitrification ware yellow Zinc oxide Zircopax