Salt experiment

Hey I wonder if you could put a salt soaked pot into a sagar in the
electric kiln, just a thought.
Hmmm, I wonder if that would work? However, it reduces the size and scope of
what could be fired.

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:15:44 +1200, "Annemarie" wrote:

Hey I wonder if you could put a salt soaked pot into a sagar in the electric
kiln, just a thought.


Seems like it should work in principle. However,
you'd still have to worry about the chlorine gas, which
might not be well-contained by the saggar.
Even if you seal it up well with clay/wadding. it might
be hard to know if it was leaking chlorine. I'd want to
make sure the kiln was well vented, unless it was
outside (which is not usually the case for electrics).

Hmm, I'll have to ask my chemist father-in-law if
there is any simple chlorine-absorber chemical that
could be included inside the saggar...

Best regards,


Bob Masta
dqatechATdaqartaDOTcom

D A Q A R T A
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I know several people who put all sorts of stuff into Saggars including
salt.
With regards to the latter, the amounts they use, and that could be
absorbed into a piece of Bisque would be too small to be a significant
health hazard except in a very enclosed unventilated space.

The perceived salt problem originates with the practice of throwing
large amounts of it into a fuel burning kiln, though the resulting cloud
of vapour is 90 percent water. The harmful and corrosive elements which
comprise the remaining 10 percent disperse very rapidly in open air.

The visual effect of this of course has, as we say; *Given the Dog a bad
name* and damned any process that involves salt and heat!

In an enclosed environment like a Studio, an Enviro-vent or lots of open
windows would suffice to disperse or dilute any possible harmful
emissions. Also, I suspect the possibility of element damage would be no
more than would occur from the regular use of some of the chemicals that
make up our glazes!

No kiln manufacturer that I know of guarantees their elements; the
environment is too hostile.

Steve
Bath
UK


In article , Bob Masta
writes
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:15:44 +1200, "Annemarie" wrote:

Hey I wonder if you could put a salt soaked pot into a sagar in the electric
kiln, just a thought.


Seems like it should work in principle. However,
you'd still have to worry about the chlorine gas, which
might not be well-contained by the saggar.
Even if you seal it up well with clay/wadding. it might
be hard to know if it was leaking chlorine. I'd want to
make sure the kiln was well vented, unless it was
outside (which is not usually the case for electrics).

Hmm, I'll have to ask my chemist father-in-law if
there is any simple chlorine-absorber chemical that
could be included inside the saggar...

Best regards,


Bob Masta
dqatechATdaqartaDOTcom

D A Q A R T A
Data AcQuisition And Real-Time Analysis
www.daqarta.com
Home of DaqGen, the FREEWARE signal generator

--
Steve Mills
Bath
UK