Thermally triggered two-stage reaction of carbonates and clay during ceramic firing - A case study on Bronze Age Cypriot ceramics

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-78

  Tschegg, Cornelius ^a   Ntaflos, Theodoros ^a   Hein, Irmgard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Ceramics; Clay; Firing temperature; Microtextures; Mineral reactions

Indexed keywords

BRONZE; BUILDING MATERIALS; CALCIUM; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; CLAY PRODUCTS; COPPER ALLOYS; MINERALOGY; MINING; PHASE INTERFACES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; SILICON;

BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS; CARBONATE REACTIONS; CASE STUDIES; CERAMIC FIRINGS; CERAMICS; CHARACTERISATION; DO-MAINS; FIRING CONDITIONS; FIRING TEMPERATURE; FIRING TEMPERATURES; GEOCHEMICAL METHODS; INITIAL POSITIONS; MANUFACTURING PROCEDURES; MICROTEXTURES; MINERAL PHASES; MINERAL REACTIONS; MINERAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MINERALOGICAL FEATURES; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS;

MINERALS;

BRONZE AGE; CARBONATE GROUP; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CHEMICAL REACTION; DECOMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INCLUSION; MINERAL PROPERTY; PETROLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; SAMPLING; TEXTURE;

EID: 57649104904     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2008.07.029     Document Type: Article

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