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more on copper red schedules/brodie

updated fri 31 jan 97

 

LINDA BLOSSOM on mon 20 jan 97





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> From: LINDA BLOSSOM
> To: clayart@lsvc.uky.edu
> Subject: more on copper red schedules/Brodie
> Date: Sunday, January 19, 1997 10:05 PM
>
> I went back to Energy Efficient Potter again and found something else
that
> may help but maybe just add to the confusion. However, I'm for all the
> facts and research I can get. Comfort has no place here...
> page 125:
> "Schedule One - oxidation to 06, reduce 45 min, milder reduction to cone
> ten, off, cool. Copper reds formed.
> Schedule Two-oxidation to ^ 10, off, cool, back on at 800, reduce
> moderately for 30 min, cool. Copper reds formed.
> Schedule Three-Oxidation to 06, reduce 45 minutes, neutral to ^10, off,
> cool. Copper reds formed.
> Schedule Four:-Oxidation in electric to ^10. Cool, reheat in gas to 800,
> reduce 45 minutes, cool. Copper reds formed."
>
> This does seem to say that the schedule isn't the issue, but the draw
> trials from the other quote, do appear to have more bearing on the red
> formation.
>
>
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