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EFFECT OF VARIOUS GASEOUS ATMOSPHERES ON THE VITRIFICATION OF CERAMIC BODIES* |
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| Authors: | A. E. Badger |
| Affiliation: | Engineering Experiment Station University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois |
| Abstract: | Various types of ceramic bodies were fired in atmospheres of O2, N2, CO2, H2, and H2. A marked increase in the rate of vitrification occurred when bodies containing feldspar were fired in an atmosphere of H2O. This effcct was explained on the basis of a feldspar-water eutectic. |
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