beware using salt for effects- question!

updated mon 31 mar 97

Shauna Mulvihill on wed 12 mar 97

We have cone 10 stoneware salt firings at our school once per semester.
I usually help fire and always throw in the salt. At what temperature
does the salt give off chlorine gas? I've noticed very strong fumes
that hurt when inhaled; are these such poisonous fumes?

Shauna Mulvihill
Ridgecrest, where it has been 85 degrees everyday for a week