Fast Firing Porcelain
Date
2014-12
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New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering.
Abstract
Fast firing of commercial porcelains continues to be an important aspect of ceramic
manufacturing. The ability to predict the firing conditions necessary to densify a given
body could be quite valuable as a means to compensate for raw material chemistry
variations, the introduction of new production kilns, or the variation of an existing firing
cycle within a production environment. Previous work demonstrated that mineralogy,
microstructure evolution, and densification can be accurately predicted over a broad range
of temperatures and dwell times, but this work was only conducted on a single composition.
To allow the generation of a more widely applicable model, it is necessary to demonstrate
that this model is valid over a wide chemistry range. Ten compositions, fired over a broad
range of temperature and time conditions, were used to develop a model that is valid for
the experimental bodies in this thesis and is valid for the composition from previous work.
In addition, a more general relationship is proposed that relates densification to the amount
of glass formed during heat treatment.
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Advisory committee members: Matthew Hall, Doreen Edwards. Dissertation completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Ceramic Engineering at the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
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