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KTS-Classic

Description: Tennessee Ball Clay

Oxide Analysis Formula
CaO 0.30% 0.02
K2O 1.40% 0.06
MgO 0.50% 0.05
Na2O 0.20% 0.01
TiO2 1.40% 0.07
Al2O3 24.60% 1.00
SiO2 61.10% 4.22
Fe2O3 1.00% 0.03
LOI 9.50%n/a
Oxide Weight 375.24
Formula Weight 414.63

Notes

A combination of Kentucky and Tennessee Ball Clays with very good overall plasticity and strength. KTS-Classic can be used in casting or plastic formed bodies. It is also supplied in a clay-water slurry form for use by the sanitaryware and artware industries.

Physical Properties
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Water of Plasticity*: 37.0%
% Dry Shrinkage*: 6.5
Dry M.O.R., psi:* 825
pH: 4.4
C.E.C., meq/100g: 11.0
Specific Surface Area, sq metre/g: 24.4
Soluble sulfur+: Low

P.C.E.: 32

Particle Size, Microns: 20 10 5 2 1 0.5 0.2
(% finer than) 99% 97% 93% 81% 72% 56% 35%

Fired Properties
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Cone 5 10
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Total Shrinkage: 13.0% 14.5%
Absorption: 10.0% 1.0%

Shipped from Mayfield, KY

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*Extruded, 50% ball clay, 50% flint
+Low-trace to 150, Med-150-400, High-450+
**50% Clay, 50% Nepheline Syenite

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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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