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In a triaxial body the role of quartz is chiefly to

  • A.supply the plasticity needed for forming
  • B.lower the temperature at which vitrification occurs
  • C.give the fired body its white colour
  • D.act as a filler controlling shrinkage and distortion

Answer: D

Correct answer: act as a filler controlling shrinkage and distortion

Quartz is the non-plastic skeleton. It reduces the total shrinkage because it does not shrink itself, opens the body so that drying and firing gases can escape, and gives the piece enough rigidity at temperature to resist sagging. What it does not do is contribute plasticity, colour or fluxing.

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