What is enamel?

Enamel ware was first introduced into China from Arabia. The production of enamel ware is a complex technological process integrating metallurgy, casting, painting, kiln industry, carving, chisel and hammer.

The main raw materials of enamel glaze are timely, feldspar and porcelain clay. Using soda ash and borax as cosolvents, titanium oxide, antimony oxide and fluoride as emulsifiers and metal oxides as colorants, enamel powder was made by grinding, mixing, melting and cooling. enamel

It belongs to silicate substances, and the sintering temperature is between 800- 1000 degrees.

In fact, the word "enamel" comes from the foreign word "Buddha Lang", that is, "strokes", which was the name of the Great Qin State in the Western Regions during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the ancient Roman Empire and the Mediterranean coast of West Asia, there was a kind of enamel mosaic glaze called stroke mosaic, which was later simplified as stroke mosaic.

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