Oxide System
In ceramic glaze calculation, a 'system' refers to a collection of glaze recipes that share a common set of oxides and material types (e.g. cone 10 dolomite mattes, cone 06 fritted boron glossies, cone 6 alumina matte, cone 8-10 crystalline) and preparation, application and firing methods. Also, a 'system' implies or states limits for each oxide beyond which unpredictable results are likely to occur. Ways of relating the oxide formulas of glazes to their physical fired results also imply confinement to a system.
For example, expansion calculations are relative within systems. For example, if you have a dolomite, whiting, feldspar, kaolin, silica glaze and you try a bunch of variations, the calculated expansions will give you an indication of which variations have higher and lower expansions. But if you introduce lithium carbonate, or boron frit, or zinc, for example, now you have a different system. Also, some oxides, like Li2O do not impose their expansions in a linear fashion, thus they compromise a system because they do not calculate as well. Another critical factor is melting: If a glaze is not completely melted the expansion calculation is invalid, the glaze is not within the system. A third factor: Crystalization: When a glass crystallizes its physical properties are different. A fourth factor: Non melting particles, like zircon, impose their expansions in a manner different than if they melt and participate in the glass chemistry. Out Bound Links
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Glaze recipe formats supported: HyperGlaze, GlazeGhem, GlazeMaster, Matrix, INSIGHT XML recipes (single and multiple), INSIGHT SQLite DB files.
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- Prepend character sequences to glaze recipe names during import.
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