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Sandblend 80A Ball

Description: SLURRIED REFINED DEVON BALLCLAY

Oxide Analysis Formula Tolerance
CaO 0.20% 0.01
K2O 2.30% 0.08
MgO 0.02% -
Na2O 0.40% 0.02
TiO2 1.20% 0.05
Al2O3 29.70% 1.00
SiO2 53.50% 3.06
Fe2O3 1.00% 0.02
LOI 11.50%n/a
C 2.30%n/a
Oxide Weight 303.32
Formula Weight 351.88

Notes

Particle Size (e.s.d.)
125 microns - <.05
10 microns - 96
2 microns - 80
1 microns - 71
Modulus of Rupture at 110C
Mn/M2 - 6.7
lbf/in2 - 970
Water Absorption
1120C - 0.5
1220C - 0.50
Shrinkage Dry to Fired
1120C - 12.00
1220C - 13.00
Reflectance 464nm
1120C - 67
1220C - 52
Refractoriness
Cone - 33, 1730C

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Typecodes Ball Clay
Ball clays are abundant and very plastic and are used in all types of plastic forming bodies. They are not as white-burning or refractory as kaolins but lower in iron and fluxes than bentonites.

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