Pottery firing temperatures: a new method for determining the firing temperature of ceramics and burnt clay

Effect of firing temperature on the properties of inorganic high temperature phosphate adhesive

High-temperature adhesives are considered for high-temperature applications such as the refractory industry. In this research, inorganic high-temperature phosphate-based adhesive was prepared using alumina and micro silica as the main raw materials and monoaluminum phosphate as a binder. The effect of firing temperature on the properties of the adhesive including phases, microstructure, compres...

Firing Hot, Firing Cold: How Poikilotherms Compensate for Temperature Swings

If you are reading this, you have one less problem than the crabs that are the subject of a new study in this issue of PLoS Biology. Humans, like all mammals (as well as birds), are ‘‘warm-blooded,’’ or more correctly ‘‘homeothermic,’’ meaning we maintain our core body organs at a constant temperature. We expend considerable energy to do so, and may die when we cannot. In contrast, crabs, cod, ...

Microwave Autogenous Firing of Heavy Clay Products

Inferring provenance, manufacturing technique, and firing temperatures of the Monagrillo ware (3520–1300 cal BC), Panama’s first pottery

Monagrillo (3520–1300 cal BC) is Panama’s oldest pottery. Archaeologists assumed it was a low-fired expedient ware made with any available clay. We studied 1) clay sources (thin sections; DTA; shrinkage, porosity, and plasticity tests), 2) manufacturing techniques (xeroradiography; thin sections; visual inspection), and 3) firing temperature (SEM-EDS; porosity tests). We identified two clay typ...

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The influence of firing conditions on the mineralogical composition of clay base ceramics is studied. Experimental samples fired in oxidation atmosphere at temperature rates 850, 900, 950, 1000 and 1050 with respect to high amount of CaO in raw materials (Ave. 18.76 %), these samples classified in Ca-rich clay group. The determination of chemical composition, phase structure and mineralogy were...