An example of how cobalt can precipitate in a fluid melt glaze at cone 6


Sunday 30th August 2015

This glaze has a significant amount of cobalt carbonate and during cooling the excess is precipitating out into pink crystals during cooling in the kiln. This effect is unwanted because in this case since it produces an unpleasant surface and color (the photo does not clearly show how pink it is). This problem can be fixed by a combination of cooling the kiln faster, increasing the Al2O3 content in the glaze (it stiffens insight-live.com/glossary/112">the melt and prevents crystal growth) or firing lower.

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Cobalt Carbonate, Crystallization


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