Combustion plant - experiment
Combustion plant - experiment

Summary/Abstract: In this experiment I tried to make an oxidizing combustion, building a kiln with clay from the Medgidia and Cobadin quarries, and I was going to burn pots made especially for this purpose in it. The main objective of the reconstruction of this experiment was the repetition of the previous experiments from Mangalia, respectively obtaining an oxidized burnt ceramic, but in an enclosure made of clay mixed with chamotte with a granulation between 0-7 mm and adding a quantity of zinc oxide to give the combustion plant a resistance to thermal shock. The experiment shows that it is difficult to build an oven to guarantee a successful combustion. However, it should be noted that, once fully charged and lit, no potter could control all the processes that take place inside the oven.

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