Something that's been getting a lot of interest lately is the whole notion of reactiveness. While that normally means Zenia yells at Mikey and he reacts, such is not the case here. UROBOROS has created two unique glass formulas for System 96 that are designed to create an interface colour, or a “reaction”, when melted against certain other colours. This occurs when ions from the two adjacent glasses migrate and mingle when the glasses become hot and fluid. Given the right glass chemistry, the co-mingled ions form a very thin coloured line, or “reaction”. Since their formulae react to create a noticeably reddish hue they named them Red Reactives: as in Red Reactive Transparent, and Red Reactive Opal.
The primary ingredient needed in a partner glass to generate a reaction colour with this Reactive glass is Copper. Copper is present in many blue and blue-green glass colours, but in some cases in too low a concentration to create a noticeable reaction.
For simplicity, all System 96 partner colours have been graded for their potential to react into three categories: Strong, Medium, and Mild. You will find that the intensity of the reaction colour will get stronger with longer, hotter, or repeat firings. This is because the copper ions have more time to mingle with their friendly reactive partners in the adjacent glass.
Don't worry- we've got data and printouts for your amusement, and have even put tags on all the glass in our racks that offer reactive combinations. And a PDF link here.
Oh yeah, and we also have lots of Reactive Stringers and Noodles...
The bottom colour palette showing all possible reactive combinations using both glasses and stringers was ably made and stunningly displayed by The Zenia (face possibly obscured by design).
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