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AMMONIUM

Miscellaneous

• Family: None
• Region: None
• Mined At: Unspecified
• Raw Mineral: Yes
• Generic: No

Notes

(Richard Willis)

Any salt containing NH₄. A popular “ageing” agent for clay mixes; and, depending on what chemicals are present, either a “deflocculant” or “flocculant” agent for glaze slurries. Woolly precipitants (i.e., coagulations) form when ammonia is mixed with aluminum salts.

Authors

• Richard Willis (Owner)

XML

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