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Oxide | Analysis | Formula | |
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SiO2 | 61.50% | 4.16 | |
Al2O3 | 25.10% | 1.00 | |
Fe2O3 | 1.00% | 0.03 | |
CaO | 0.06% | - | |
MgO | 0.77% | 0.08 | |
TiO2 | 1.27% | 0.06 | |
Na2O | 0.16% | 0.01 | |
K2O | 2.88% | 0.12 | |
LOI | 7.29% | n/a | |
Oxide Weight | 376.87 | ||
Formula Weight | 406.51 |
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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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. |
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