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Materials for Ceramics

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Edgar Glass Sand

Oxide	Analysis	Formula	Tolerance
SiO2	99.30%	337.06
Al2O3	0.50%	1.00	.05
Fe2O3	0.04%	0.05	max
Na2O	0.01%	0.03	max
CaO	0.01%	0.04	.0005
TiO2	0.03%	0.08	max
LOI	0.15%	n/a
Oxide Weight		20,377.56
Formula Weight		20,408.17

Notes

A high quality silica sand suitable for producing glass containers, fiberglass insulation and specialized glaze making. This comes from the same quarry as EP Kaolin.

Related Information

Links

Materials	EP Kaolin A kaolin that gels slurries (good for suspending glazes). It has two variations: a low and medium plasticity. It fires white for use in porcelain bodies.
Materials	Glass Sand
Typecodes	Silica/Quartz Quartz is very abundant and there are many grades and name brands.
URLs	http://edgarminerals.com/Glass-Sand.html Edgar Glass sand web page

Data

Bulk Density lbs/cu. ft. (Packed)	95
Sieve Analysis Dry	+40 mesh: 1.4% +50: 9.0 +70: 20.4 +100: 46.6 +140: 18.5

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