C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#12

C/4 Seger High Fire Glaze#12
Originally uploaded by claycraft.

Using the Seger analysis of Orton C/4 as a starting point, we designed

the following C/9 glaze base



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .5 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



Then, we lowered the alumina portion to .300



KNaO .3 Al2O3 .3 SiO2 4.0

CaO .7



The base recipe is as follows :



Custer spar 48

Whiting 19

Silica 33

Total 100



It was colored using an industrial waste material, QIT Blue Dust.



#58 = 9% QIT Blue Dust



QIT stands for Quebec Iron and Titanium, it owns an ilmemite mine in northeastern Quebec.



The ore is shipped to Tracy, Quebec where it is processed to titanium dioxide slags, iron pigs,



steel billets, and steel auto parts. This dust comes from the reduction kilns in which the ore is



separated into titanium dioxide slag and iron. The general formula of QIT Blue Dust is as follows:



FEO 33%



SIO2 17%



AL2O3 7.0%



TIO2 33%



CAO 2.0%



MGO 7.0%



KNAO 1.0%



TOTAL 100%



It was 170 mesh sieved.



A theoritical substitution is as follows for 1% of the stuff:



Red Iron Oxide 0.310



Silica 0.020



EPK 0.110



Rutile 0.290



Dolomite 0.050



Magnesium carbonate 0.110



Custer Spar 0.110



Total 1.000



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