From: "Dwight K. Elvey" 
To: atm{at}shore.net
Reply-To: "Dwight K. Elvey" 


>From: "Ralph Seguin" 
>
>
>Ok.
>I'm sure this is folly and probably a much more
>expensive route to follow, but here goes...
>
>I've done my homework and searched the archives and
>not found anything about how to fuse quartz or silica.
>A friend of mine has a bunch of quartz and a kiln, and
>we were interested in trying to make a blank.
>
>Anybody on the list done this?
>Looking here:
>   http://www.quartz.com/gedata.html
>
>gives some of the properties.  Softening point is 1683
>centigrade, but it doesn't give the melting
>temperature, and I'm guessing its awfully high for a
>normal kiln to achieve.

Hi
 As I recall, quartz has a vary small plastic zone.
I would suspect that if you had a kiln capable of 1683, you could fuze
quartz yourself.
Dwight

>
>Melt temperature?
>Fusing temperature?
>Annealing temperature?
>Annealing curve and times?
>
>Procedures and equipment needed to fuse quartz?
>Beyond the novelty of doing it yourself, is it worth
>the effort?
>Thanks.
>-Ralph
>
>
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