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CLOSE THIS BOOKThe Self-Reliant Potter: Refractories and Kilns (GTZ, 1987, 134 p.)
VIEW THE DOCUMENT(introduction...)
VIEW THE DOCUMENTAcknowledgements
VIEW THE DOCUMENTPreface
1. Refractories
VIEW THE DOCUMENT1.1 Introduction
VIEW THE DOCUMENT1.2 Refractory raw materials
VIEW THE DOCUMENT1.3 Production of refractory items
VIEW THE DOCUMENT1.4 Kiln furniture
VIEW THE DOCUMENT1.5 Firebricks
VIEW THE DOCUMENT1.6 Testing refractories
2. Kilns
VIEW THE DOCUMENT2.1 Development of kilns
VIEW THE DOCUMENT2.2 Choice of fuel
VIEW THE DOCUMENT2.3 Combustion and fireboxes
VIEW THE DOCUMENT2.4 Heat transfer and draught
VIEW THE DOCUMENT2.5 Kiln construction
VIEW THE DOCUMENT2.6 Loading and setting of the kiln
VIEW THE DOCUMENT2.7 Kiln firing
VIEW THE DOCUMENT2.8 Temperature measurement
Appendix
VIEW THE DOCUMENTTables of weights and measures
VIEW THE DOCUMENTTable of Seger cones
VIEW THE DOCUMENTTable of Orton cones
VIEW THE DOCUMENTAverage properties and measures
VIEW THE DOCUMENTMohs' scale of hardness
VIEW THE DOCUMENTTemperature conversion
VIEW THE DOCUMENTUseful formulas
VIEW THE DOCUMENTBibliography
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