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The following
table lists and describes the databases for raw materials provided
by Matrix.
You may wish
to create other databases which are collections of materials conveniently
stored together.
Matrix uses
the convention of storing a newly entered material in one of the
four categories of databases named Feldspars, Clays, Fritts and
Others. There may be more than on database in each category but
a raw material should only be saved in one of these categories when
first entered.
Two special
databases have been created for the convenience of collecting materials
together so that they are easily located.
The most important
of these is the Local Materials.rmt file which is Matrix's
default database. If you copy into this file from the other databases
materials which you very frequently use in your recipes then you
will make the process of entering and altering recipe much faster.
The Auto
Materials.rmt file is a special collection of selected materials
from your Local Materials.rmt file. Its use is explained here.
The GB_Subs.rmt
file is an example of a list of materials copied into one database
for the simple convenience of having potential substitutes for Gerstly
Borate in one file. All of the materials in such files as these
three will have been first entered and saved in one of the basic
storage databases Feldspars, Clays, Fritts or Others.
Databases
Supplied With Matrix
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Name
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Content
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Description
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| Auto
Materials.rmt |
Materials
copied from other databases.
All the materials in this database should already have been
saved elswhere in other databases |
Used
specifically for the Auto Make Recipe Mode |
| Local
Materials.rmt |
Materials
copied from other databases.
All the materials in this database should already have been
saved elswhere in other databases |
Commonly
used materials which it is more convenient to have stored
in one database for easy access.
Used in
the Preselect Make Recipe Mode.
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GB_Subs.rmt
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Materials
copied from other databases.
All the
materials in this database should already have been saved
elswhere in other databases
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The basis
for this collection is to have convenient access for substituting
Gerstley Borate in recipes.
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Clays-A-B.rmt
Clays-C-J.rmt
Clays-K-O.rmt
Clays-P-S.rmt
Clays-T-Z.rmt |
When entering
a clay for the first time into a database place it in one
of these.
Some of
the materials first stored in one of these may be copied to
your lLocal Materials and Auto Materials databases if needed.
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Primary
sources of Al2O3.
There
are so many clay analyses available that they have been collected
and stored on an alphabetical basis.
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| Feldspars-A-Z |
Stores
all of the feldspars - save newly entered fedspars here.
Some of
the materials first stored in one of these may be copied to
your lLocal Materials and Auto Materials databases if needed.
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Primary
sources of K2O and Na2O.
But this
category might also include other spars such as Petalite which
is a primary source of Li2O
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Fritts
Blythe.rmt
Fritts Ferro.rmt
Fritts Fusion.rmt
Fritts Hommel.rmt
Fritts Misc.rmt
Fritts Pemco.rmt
Fritts Podmore.rmt |
Fritts
are collected under their manufacturers names. When entering
a fritt for the first time into a database place it in one
of these.
Some of
the materials first stored in one of these may be copied to
your lLocal Materials and Auto Materials databases if needed.
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Primarily
synthetic materials dominantly including B2O3.
Fritts
are usually more convenient to locate under their producer's
names.
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Others-A-M.rmt
Others-N-Z.rmt |
These
databases contain any material which would not fit into the
Feldspars, Clays or Fritts catagories.
Some of
the materials first stored in one of these may be copied to
your lLocal Materials and Auto Materials databases if needed.
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Essentially
a miscellaneous collection of materials of various kinds. |
| Colourants.col |
This
is a special database stored in the Raw Materials folder and
contains oxides primarly used to colour base glazes. |
The
file structure of this catagory is different from other raw
material files. |
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these links for more information about:
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