3380 Ball Clay

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A fine-grained Ball Clay with excellent plasticity and strength, which has a much better fired color than the other Mississippi deposit clays. 3380 is used in the floor tile, wall tile and ceiling tile industries.

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Oxide	Analysis	Formula

Materials	Ball Clay A fine particled highly plastic secondary clay used mainly to impart plasticity to clay and porcelain bodies and to suspend glaze, slips and engobe slurries.
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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