Bachelors Theses

Stuart Dods

Abstract

"The standard method for producing opacity and to some extend sic mattness in a glaze has always been the use of small amounts of tin oxide. This oxide, however, is very expensive and tends to fluccuate sic in price over a wide range due to world market conditions. The ceramic industry, therefore, has been searching for some substitutes for the tin oxide with some success. At the present time zinc oxide, antimony oxide, and zirconium oxide are used with varying degrees of success as opacifiers. Zirconium oxide and compounds are less soluble than the other oxides previously used. Therefore, it is greatly possible that zirconium compounds should produce crystalline structure in lower percentages than the other oxides. With this knowledge it is the object of this experiment to determine the possibilities of the uses of zirconium compounds at percentages capable for commercial use in producing the same effects as tin oxide"--Introduction, page 1.

Advisor(s)

Herold, Paul G.

Department(s)

Materials Science and Engineering

Degree Name

B.S. in Ceramic Engineering

Sponsor(s)

Titanium Alloy Mfg. Co.

Comments

Illustrated by author.

Publisher

Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy

Publication Date

1939

Pagination

ii, 19 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 18-19).

Rights

© 1939 Stuart Dods, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Crystalline glazesZirconium compounds

Thesis Number

T 0000 48

Print OCLC #

26971322

Electronic OCLC #

565950232

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