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Reduction firing

In fuel-burning kilns, firing atmosphere with insufficient oxygen to completely combust fuel, introducing abundance of un-oxidized carbon and hydrogen, which extract oxygen molecules from surface of wares, altering appearance of clay and glaze. See CLIMBING REDUCTION.

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