PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF GLAZES*

The particle-size distributions of experimental and commercial stains and glazes and glaze materials were determined by using the Andreasen pipette method. The variation in particle size of two porcelain glazes, raw and fritted, was correlated with the glaze working properties and certain physical properties of the glaze film, such as fluidity, microtexture, scratch-hardness, and glaze stress. The relation of grinding efficiency to length of milling time and different ball size was studied for these two glazes and also for a stain, and the color imparted by the stain at different grain sizes was noted.