Nylon Fibers

Alternate Names: Herculon fiber

Notes

These are used in clay bodies (especially for structural products) to add toughness and improve drying properties. They are also employed in sculpture clay bodies.

Related Information

Links

Oxide	Analysis	Formula

URLs	http://www.nycon.com/ Nycon Structural Fibers Website
Typecodes	Additives for Ceramic Bodies Materials that are added to bodies to impart physical working properties and usually burn away during firing. Binders enable bodies with very low or zero clay content to have plasticity and dry hardness, they can give powders flow properties during pressing and impart rheological properties to clay slurries. Among potters however, it is common for bodies to have zero additives.

URLs

http://www.nycon.com/
Nycon Structural Fibers Website

Typecodes

Additives for Ceramic Bodies
Materials that are added to bodies to impart physical working properties and usually burn away during firing. Binders enable bodies with very low or zero clay content to have plasticity and dry hardness, they can give powders flow properties during pressing and impart rheological properties to clay slurries. Among potters however, it is common for bodies to have zero additives.

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