The carbon content in porcelain was determined by the application of the micromethod proposed by M. H. Kalina and T. L. Joseph (Blast Furnace and Steel Plant, 1939, 345-351) for carbon in steel. Specimens of porcelain were powdered to pass 130 mesh per inch and fused with red lead in a platinum boat in a current of oxygen. The carbon dioxide evolved was absorbed with barium hydroxide solution. Excess barium hydroxide was titrated back.
As a measure of translucency, the extinction coefficient of porcelain thin plate was measured by a Hartmann microphotometer.
A few examples of the measured results are shown in the following.
Specimens were taken out from several parts of a working tunnel kiln. The water absorption and the carbon content of these specimens were measured. The results are shown in Fig. 3 (I&II). It was shown that the carbon content of specimens fired the range of 900° to 1000°C was about 0.03%, and it was reduced to about 0.01% before the beginning of the vitrification.
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