Pumice, with low pozzolanic reactivity, was ground for 1, 3, and 6 h with a laboratory ball mill
in dry conditions and it was ground for 1 h in wet conditions via an industrial-scale ball mill …

In this work, the palygorskite with different contents upto 6 mass% was added into bone
china bodies in order to improve the flexural strength, fracture toughness and thermal shock …

Potassium hydroxide (KOH) immobilized on rapana shells-based anorthite (ART) and waste
coal fly ash (CFA) was investigated as a catalyst (KOH/ART and KOH/CFA) for sunflower oil …

In order to reduce the thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) to make it fit high scratch
resistance glazes, which have lower TEC values, bone china body is reformulated. This is …

Ulan feldspar (WF) with different contents up to 30 wt% was studied as bone china raw
materials, entirely or partially replacing K-feldspar (KF) at sintering temperatures of 1180 …

The influence of the additives (10wt.% rutile, anatase and zirconia) on the atomic-scale
structure and microstructure of a base glaze (60wt.% feldspar, 15wt.% quartz, 8wt.% kaolin …

Kaolin, ball clay, feldspar, and sand were collected from deposits in Uganda, milled and
sieved to particle sizes of 45, 45, 53, and 25 μm, respectively. Three porcelain bodies and …

Archaeometric investigation allowed the characterization of two important classes of
ceramics:'vetrina sparsa'and 'invetriata grezza'. Their archaeological peculiarity makes them …

Green samples (50 w/% of kaolin, 25 w/% of quartz and 25 w/% of feldspar) are prefired up
to 400–1200 C and analyzed during their second firing. Thermogravimetry …

A vitreous coating on ceramic has several functions: a practical one, by waterproofing and
protecting the earthenware object, but also an esthetic and symbolic one. The extent and the …