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Post by Arnie Benton on Apr 9, 2017 18:38:48 GMT -6
I thought I'd try something different. I did my usual crystalline firing and usual base glaze, adding Moly, Chromium and Vanadium - 3% Cr was awful 3% Va was nothing special but 3% Moly was quite interesting and unusual -  and here is 3% Moly with Cu and Co  Very different crystals from what I've seen in other people's results - or is my Mo container mislabeled? Arnie |
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Post by mohawkpiper on Apr 9, 2017 21:42:37 GMT -6
those look like regular ol zinc silicates to me. if you are after the usual moly crystal you see with moly, that is a whole different animal.
Kinda like how aventurine is different.
G
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Post by Arnie Benton on Apr 10, 2017 8:35:29 GMT -6
Thanks Greg -
I'm not looking for the usual Mo crystals.
What intrigues me here is the bottom picture - the crystals look the same with Cu and Co added as they do with the Mo alone - it looks like the Co didn't enter the crystals, but stayed in the ground and got all swirly. All the crystal sites are occupied by Mo?
And the brown color is the green copper with the yellowish Mo?
Arnie
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Post by gczop on Apr 10, 2017 11:29:55 GMT -6
Arnie,
very intriguing tests indeed and interesting observations. The moly may show up under UVc. Will try something like that and see what happens.
thanks for leading us on another adventure.
Gordon
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Post by Kuba on Apr 15, 2017 1:47:03 GMT -6
Hi Arnie, I also play with Moly recently. But I use it as addition to copper glazes. Here You can see some of my tests:   I am going to investigate more in Moly addition to a glaze. Results are quite interesting. |
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Post by joerg on Apr 16, 2017 14:27:40 GMT -6
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Post by Kuba on Apr 17, 2017 12:13:34 GMT -6
Yes, Joerg, I noticed that every time I got something different  But I do not want to create moly crystals, but use Moly as addition to a glaze and check how it will change glazes that I know. |
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Post by gczop on Apr 27, 2017 9:21:54 GMT -6
Here is 3110 base with 5% moly and 1% Mn compounds. More of an example of what not to do... see craters. The photo under UVc shows moly as yellow coronas and the green as willemite with Mn. Less moly next time. Gordon   |
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