Ceramics: Art and Perception

Q&A Soda Firing

oda firing has become popular over the years since my initial research, but there are still some factors that have to be considered to achieve a satisfactory surface area on pots. Whether firing with soda ash (sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate) or salt (sodium chloride) it is important that only the vaporized sodium reacts with the alumina and silica present in

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