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EPSRC Reference: GR/K77594/01
Title: IMPROVEMENTS IN GLAZE COATING OF CERAMIC WHITEWARES
Principal Investigator: Kendall, Professor K
Other Investigators:
Curtis, Dr A
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Project Partners:
British Ceramic Research Ltd Caradon Bathrooms Ltd Ciba Group (Pharma/Chemicals)
Ferro Ltd H & R Johnson Ceramics Int. Portmeirion Potteries Ltd
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Department: Sch of Chemistry & Physics
Organisation: Keele University
Scheme: LINK
Starts: 18 August 1995 Ends: 17 August 1997 Value (£): 5,000
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Materials Processing
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Construction
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Recent research at Keele University has highlighted a new range of mill additives and surfactants which have been tested for activity and have shown greater effect than any materials presently used by industry. With the use of these new additives we expect to improve the rate and reproducibility of grinding, improve dispersion, prevent reagglomeration of fine ground materials and produce more stable glaze suspensions. At Keele, several candidate surfactants will be prepared from polymer precursors. These will be purified, characterised and screened as milling aids, using laser scattering and Coulter counter to measure particle size and agglomeration. This work will be done in close collaboration with Allied Colloids Ltd.
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