Decomposition
Most materials used in ceramics do not just simply melt when fired in a kiln, they go through one or more state changes. Most often these changes result in loss of 'volatiles'. Clays, for example, typically lose about 5-8% (can be up to 12%) of their weight during firing as CO2, H2O, SO3. Calcium carbonate loses 45% as carbon dioxide gas. Materials often generate different gases at different stages of their decomposition. Assessment of the suitability of a material in a body or glaze must include this information. Many materials are impractical for use as body and glaze materials because of the way they decompose and the temperature at which they do so (decomposition is also accompanied by physical state changes, for example, they can expand). For example, hydrated lime is a good source of CaO, but 25% of its weight is converted to water at 500C (to say this would be an inconvenient event in a firing would be an understatement!). In Bound Links
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- Login to a private account or work with others in a group account (e.g. university).
- Nothing to install (access it using your web browser). It is always the latest version.
- Easy to import your existing data.
- As many side-by-side recipes as you want.
- Many ways to search and classify glaze and body recipes.
- Glaze and body recipes are robust, with units-of-measure, unlimited pictures with individual titles and descriptions.
- Add variations to a recipe; each with its own pictures, descriptions and name/code-number extensions.
- Recipes can link to typecodes, projects and firing schedules (all managed in their own areas).
- Standard reports and mix ticket reports with last-minute-totalling; variations report as if they are a complete recipe.
- Video tutorials, help system, contact form on every page, dedicated messaging and support ticket systems.
- It is an industrial-strength database system (unlimited capacity, fast, reliable, scalable).
Imports many file formats
- Glaze recipe formats supported: HyperGlaze, GlazeGhem, GlazeMaster, Matrix, INSIGHT XML recipes (single and multiple), INSIGHT SQLite DB files.
- Assign a batch number to imports, and later search by batch.
- Assign multiple typecodes to imported glaze and body batches (to classify) and search on these later.
- Prepend character sequences to glaze recipe names during import.
- Import the pictures and pair them to their corresponding records automatically.
- One click to automatically export the database to an SQLite DB database file and download it (for use with desktop INSIGHT or just as a backup).
- Export and import individual glaze recipes as text or XML.
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