salt glaze

salt glaze
salt glazing.
a ceramic glaze on stoneware produced by the chemical reaction that occurs when salt is thrown into a kiln during firing.
[1850-55]

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      in ceramics, a glaze having the texture of orange peel, formed on stoneware by throwing common salt into the kiln at the peak temperature. Sodium from the salt combines with silica in the clay to form a glassy coating of sodium silicate. The glaze may be colourless or may be coloured various shades of brown (from iron oxide), blue (from cobalt oxide), or purple (from manganese oxide).

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