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raising temperature of earthenware

updated tue 18 feb 03

 

Lily Krakowski on mon 17 feb 03


Missed the original query. Sorry. Quick question: if someone is wanting
to just raise the firing temp of a given clay body, why not add alumina?
A little goes a long way, it is an easy way to raise the temp of a glaze,
would it not work on clay?

I honestly and truly lack the scientific knowledge to figure out how it
would affect cristobalite and all that....So Mevinim*, Gurus,and Experts,
please...

* Yes. Mevinim is the plural of maven


Lili Krakowski
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