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CERAMIC OTHER-WORD LIST. Just pointers, not definitions. ALUMINA Aluminium Oxide ALUMINIUM OXIDE Alumina, Alumina Hydrate, Bauxite BARIUM Barium Carbonate BAT Round plywood disc BAT WASH Kiln Wash to protect kiln furniture, shelves, etc. BONE ASH Calcium Phosphate, Phosphorous Pentoxide BORAX Hydrated Sodium Borate, Boric Oxide. CALCIUM CARBONATE Chalk, Limestone, Whiting. CALCIUM CHLORIDE Flocculant, anti-setting agent, (10%) CALCIUM PHOSPHATE Bone Ash CALGON Deflocculant, (10%) CHINA CLAY Kaolin CHINA STONE Cornish Stone CHROME Chromic oxide, Chromite, Chromium Oxide, Green Colorant CMC Carboxy-methyl-cellulose, Gum Arabic, Gum Acacia, Tragacanth COBALT Cobalt Carbonate, Blue Colorant. COLMANITE OR COLEMANITE Sodium Calcium Borate. A substitute for Gerstley Borate which is no longer available from natural deposits. Colemanite is chemically different, but replicates the physical properties. (1/1) COPPER Copper Oxide, Copper Carbonate (=65% CuO), Green Colorant CORNISH STONE China stone CROCUS MARTIS Iron Oxide CULLET Crushed Glass DEFLOCCULANT glaze-thinner, Sodium Silicate, Calgon, Dispex, Natron, Nappysan, Washing Soda, Sodium Carbonate DISPEX Deflocculant DOLOMITE Calcium Magnesium Carbonate EPSOM SALTS Flocculant, Magnesium Sulphate FELSPAR OR FELDSPAR Potash, Potash Feldspar, Dolerite. Could also be Soda Feldspar. FERROUS OXIDE Iron, Red Iron Oxide, Sienna, Ochre FLINT Sand, Silica, Quartz FLOCCULANT anti-setting agent, Calcium Chloride, Epsom Salts FLUORSPAR Calcium Fluoride, Fluorite GERSTLEY BORATE Gerstley Borate is no longer available from natural deposits. Substitutes are available. e.g. Colemanite GROG Chamotte, Crushed Bisque, Ground Fired Ceramic, Coarse Sand GUM ACACIA Gum Arabia, Tragacanth, CMC IRON Iron Oxide, Ferric Oxide, Ferrous Oxide, Ochre, Rust, Sienna, Red/Brown/Black Colorant KAOLIN China Clay, Alumina Silicate KILN WASH Bat Wash LIME Calcium Oxide (Builder's Lime), Calcium Carbonate (Gardener's Lime), Calcine Calcium Oxide (Quick Lime) MAGNESIUM SULPHATE Epsom Salts, Flocculant MANGANESE Manganese Dioxide, Purple/Brown Colorant NATRON Washing Soda, Sodium Carbonate, Deflocculant NICKEL Nickel Oxide, Colorant OCHRE Iron Oxide, Colorant PHOSPHOROUS PENTOXIDE Bone Ash, Phosphorite POTASSIUM Potash Feldspar POTASH Potash Feldspar QUARTZ Flint, Silica RUTILE Titanium Dioxide with impurities such as Iron, Chrome, Silica SILICA Flint, Quartz SODA Soda Feldspar SODIUM CARBONATE Deflocculant, Nappy San, Natron, Bath Crystals, Washing Soda SODIUM SILICATE Deflocculant, Water-Glass STANNIC OXIDE Tin Oxide TALC Steatite, Soapstone, Talcum Powder TIN Tin Oxide, Stannic Oxide, Opacifier, Whitener TITANIUM DIOXIDE Rutile, colorant/glaze modifier, opacifier WHITING Calcium Carbonate, Chalk WOOD ASH As the name suggests, but of course varies greatly with each source YELLOW OCHRE Iron Oxide, Colorant ZIRCON Zirconium Silicate, Zircon Flour, Silica Sand, Opacifier |