Ron roy on mon 24 sep 01 i would think adding alumina till it worked would be the answer i use 2 spoon fulls teaspn to a cup of wax.
Ceramics alumina hydrate.
Alumina hydrate is a source of alumina in glazes.
Larger additions can impart dullness in the glaze.
Works on porcelain which is the hardest to keep apart.
It is a fine white powder and because it is hydrated it will stay suspended in glazes.
Should not be used as matting agent in functional glazes produces immature glaze.
There are differing water contents depending on the type of alumina hydrate but the main refined article of commerce in the market is known.
Big thing is to keep it well stirred alumina wants to sink to the bottom.
Hydrated alumina is more correctly termed aluminum hydroxide the water is not locked into the crystal structure as with other hydrates but exists as hydroxide radicals that yield as water on heating.
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It is a fine white powder and because it is hydrated it will stay suspended in glazes.
It is often preferred over the oxide calcined alumina form because it promotes glaze adhesion and has a capacity to remain suspended in a glaze.
Alumina hydrate is a source of alumina in glazes.
Alumina hydrate al oh 3 alumina source rarely used in claybodies or glazes because all needed alumina comes from clay and feldspar.
The hydrated version of alumina remains in suspension better in glaze slurries and has better adhesive qualities than calcined alumina oxide.
Alumina hydrate wax resist for lids updated fri 28 sep 01.
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It is more correctly referred to as aluminu.
The block crystals of alumina hydrate impart good chemical reactivity.
Small additions of alumina hydrate to a glaze can also enhance the color of cr al pinks.
3722 o f 2050 o c is used primarily in glazes as a source of alumina.
Alumina hydrate fine after drying alumina hydrate is ground using mechanical mills and ceramic lined ball mills to obtain finer particle sizes.
Alumina hydrate al oh 3 m p.
It is also used in salt glaze bungs and kiln wash.
Alumina hydrate alumina hydroxide is a source of alumina in glazes.