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updated tue 30 sep 97

 

William Brouillard on thu 4 sep 97

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Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 06:46:38 EDT

From: Andrew & Laura Conley

Subject: Re: deflocculant



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Vinegar is sometimes used as a deflocculant - plain old white vinegar.







Jo Gilder wrote:

Vinegar is not a deflocculant. It is the reverse, a flocculant. Additions
of vinigar to a clay slip will make that slip more acid. A deflocculated
slip will have a basic PH value not an Acid PH.
Try "Ceramic Science for the Potter" by W>G> Lawrence as a reference.
The chapter on clay water systems.


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