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| Title: | Iron based earthenware in a forced reduction atmosphere |
| Authors: | Hayes, Todd Rex |
| Issue Date: | 25-Apr-2008 |
| Publisher: | Wichita State University. Graduate School. |
| Citation: | Hayes, Todd Rex (2008) .Iron based earthenware in a forced reduction atmosphere . In Proceedings: 4th Annual Symposium: Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University, p.87-88 |
| Series/Report no.: | GRASP
v.4 |
| Abstract: | Iron is a strong flux in ceramic glazes when fired in an oxygen-starved atmosphere (reduction), resulting in a CO
rich atmosphere. The carbon monoxide (CO) robs the iron (Fe2o3) of two oxygen molecules, thus transforming the iron
into FeO. It is when iron is in the FeO state that it becomes an active flux and it is this state of flux that I am interested in.
Earthenware clay is an iron rich clay that is typically fired in an oxygen rich atmosphere where the iron in the clay maintains
it’s maximum amount of oxygen. This results in a porous and non-vitreous clay, which typically requires the application of
glaze or a vitreous surface to allow for safe utilitarian usage.
I intend to research and develop a low-fire earthenware clay body that becomes vitreous due to the forced
reduction atmosphere in which it will be fired. The intention is to develop a low-temperature food safe clay body that
doesn’t require glaze for utilitarian applications. This will result in aesthetic alternatives to surface treatment and finishes.
In this research I will formulate two different clay bodies, each varying in the amount of iron. Both of the clays
will be fired in both oxidized and reduction atmospheres, allowing for comparable data from which saturation of carbon and
vitrification can be tested. One set will be fired to 1954 ºF in an oxidation atmosphere, which will be used as the control.
The reduction firings will also reach 1954 ºF in oxidation and then cooled in a reduction atmosphere down to 1500 ºF. It is
in the cooling cycle that I anticipate the vitrification to occur. |
| Description: | Paper presented to the 4th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Wichita State University, April 25, 2008.
Research completed at the Department of Ceramics, College of Fine Arts |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1372 |
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