{"id":219,"date":"2022-05-13T19:15:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T19:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost\/crystalline02\/?page_id=219"},"modified":"2024-01-02T17:57:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T17:57:34","slug":"technical-articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crystallineceramics.co.uk\/crystalline\/technical-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Technical articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_blog _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; include_categories=&#8221;11&#8243; show_thumbnail=&#8221;off&#8221; show_more=&#8221;on&#8221; show_author=&#8221;off&#8221; show_categories=&#8221;off&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_blog][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":867,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Frits are an important ingredient for crystalline glazes. I make my own, one of the most useful is my <a href=\"https:\/\/crystallineceramics.co.uk\/crystalline\/frit-znna5515\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"283\">zinc sodium frit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<!-- \/wp:separator -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The composition of the body over which a crystalline glaze is used greatly influences the fired result. <a href=\"https:\/\/crystallineceramics.co.uk\/crystalline\/good-mixing-of-porcelain-is-essential-for-workability\/\">This article<\/a> describes how important good mixing is to the production of a plastic throwing porcelain. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<!-- \/wp:separator -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crystallineceramics.co.uk\/crystalline\/cristobalite-a-cautionary-tale-not-to-believe-expectation-over-observation\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"998\">This article<\/a> describes what can happen when the wrong ingredient is used in formulating a porcelain body.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<!-- \/wp:separator -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Calcining the zinc oxide is often advocated as a method of improving the application characteristics of zinc silicate crystalline glazes. <a href=\"https:\/\/crystallineceramics.co.uk\/crystalline\/deflocculation-as-an-alternative-to-calcining-zinc-oxide\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1021\">Here I present an alternative that eliminates the requirement to calcine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<!-- \/wp:separator -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Control of the glaze firing is a vital part of achieving consistent results with crystalline glazes.<a href=\"https:\/\/crystallineceramics.co.uk\/crystalline\/firing-control\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1188\"> Here, I present a summary of my development of a mathematical procedure for calculating heat-work during a firing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-219","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crystallineceramics.co.uk\/crystalline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crystallineceramics.co.uk\/crystalline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crystallineceramics.co.uk\/crystalline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crystallineceramics.co.uk\/crystalline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crystallineceramics.co.uk\/crystalline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/crystallineceramics.co.uk\/crystalline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248487,"href":"https:\/\/crystallineceramics.co.uk\/crystalline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219\/revisions\/248487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crystallineceramics.co.uk\/crystalline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crystallineceramics.co.uk\/crystalline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}