casting#materials: ceramic

Ceramics

may be split into several pages in the future, for now just throw it all on this page.

slip casting,
slush casting,
technical ceramics ie:
sintered silicon carbide,
formed-in-place silicon carbide composites,
alumina,
high purity alumina,
clay-graphite,

tips on making crucibles,

  • Don't mould the clay over the pattern or it will shrink and crack, make a plaster mould and lay the crucible clay inside the plaster and it will dry and just drop out. *1
    firebrick,
    castable refractory,
    rammed refractory,
    kaowool and ceramic fiber blankets,

*1 Brian Crocker

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