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Materials for Ceramics

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Virginia Kyanite

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
SiO2	37.46%	1.06
Fe2O3	0.91%	0.01
Al2O3	59.90%	1.00
TiO2	0.92%	0.02
Na2O	0.20%	0.01
K2O	0.20%	-
MgO	0.06%	-
CaO	0.05%	-
LOI	0.29%	n/a
Oxide Weight		169.77
Formula Weight		170.27

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Materials	Mullite A highly refractory low-expansion alumino-silicate crystal formed naturally only rarely but produced industrially and within fired kaolin bodies.
Materials	Pyrophyllite A refractory aluminum silicate mineral often used in clay body recipes to lower thermal expansion, control fired maturity, mullite development catalyst, etc.
Materials	Kyanite A refractory aluminum silicate mineral notable for low thermal expansion and one-way volume expansion as it converts to mullite at high temperatures.

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