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the solids content of the slip, the clay:non-plastic ratio in the slip, the chemicals in the slip, either deliberately added or introduced from the raw materials and water, the type and amount of deflocculant, the ambient conditions, especially temperature and humidity, and; the amount of energy involved in mixing the raw materials to prepare ...
Sodium silicate is used as a deflocculant in casting slips helping reduce viscosity and the need for large amounts of water to liquidize the clay body. It is also used to create a crackle effect in pottery, usually wheel-thrown.
African red slip ware: moulded Mithras slaying the bull, 400 ± 50 AD.. A slip is a clay slurry used to produce pottery and other ceramic wares. [1] Liquified clay, in which there is no fixed ratio of water and clay, is called slip or clay slurry which is used either for joining leather-hard (semi-hardened) clay body (pieces of pottery) together by slipcasting with mould, glazing or decorating ...
Clay is added to the water-filled blunger and then mixed into a slurry, which is also called slip. The electrical charge of the clay particles is neutralized by the addition of a deflocculant, which assists in keeping the particles in suspension. This slip can be then sieved as it is emptied from the blunger.
A deflocculant such as sodium silicate or sodium hexametaphosphate is often added to the watery clay/water slip mixture to facilitate separation of fine particle flocs or aggregates. For undisturbed deflocculated slip settling in a transparent container, these layers are usually visible within 24 hours.
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Slip A suspension of clay, clay body or glaze in water.( Slip casting A technique for shaping an article by pouring a deflocculated, high-solids content slip into a porous, often plaster, mould Slipware pottery where decoration in slip is a main feature. Includes slip-painting, slip-trailing, and many other techniques Slop Another name for ...