High hardness for kiln furniture: Ensures durability and longevity under intense heat
Thermal shock resistance: Maintains integrity during rapid temperature changes
Versatile use in glaze recipes: Enables local reduction and creative glaze effects
Gas release during firing: Supports crater and foam glaze techniques
Stable in oxidation firing: Suitable for a range of ceramic applications
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Silicon Carbide is a refractory, artificial compound primarily used to make kiln furniture to due its hardness and ability to withstand high heat and thermal shock. The material can also be used in glaze and slip recipes to do local reduction in an oxidation firing and to make crater and foam glazes, due to the gas it releases in firing.