Temperature evolution inside a pot during experimental surface (bonfire) firing

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 500-508

  Maggetti, M ^a   Neururer, Ch ^a   Ramseyer, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Experimental firing; Mineralogy; Open firing; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC; CERAMIC BODIES; EXPERIMENTAL FIRING; FIRING TEMPERATURE; MINERALOGICAL CHANGES; OPEN FIRING; POLARIZING MICROSCOPES; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; SOAKING TIME; TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION; THERMAL VARIATION; TIME-TEMPERATURE;

CARBONATE MINERALS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CERAMICS; CHLORITE; CLAY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ILLITE; MINERALOGY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEXTURE;

EID: 79960966482     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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