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Description: Glass Grade Spodumene
Oxide | Analysis | Formula | |
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Li2O | 5.00% | 0.96 | |
Fe2O3 | 0.10% | - | |
Al2O3 | 18.50% | 1.03 | |
SiO2 | 75.00% | 7.11 | |
Na2O | 0.25% | 0.02 | |
K2O | 0.35% | 0.02 | |
LOI | 0.30% | n/a | |
Oxide Weight | 565.14 | ||
Formula Weight | 566.84 |
URLs |
http://www.amalgamet.com/Products/minerals.htm
Description of material |
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Materials |
Spodumene Concentrate
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Materials |
Foote Spodumene
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Materials |
Spodumene
Spodumene is a lithium sourcing feldspar, an alternative to lithium carbonate to supply Li2O to ceramic glazes. Contains up to about 8% Li2O. |
Materials |
Australian Spodumene
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Typecodes |
Flux Source
Materials that source Na2O, K2O, Li2O, CaO, MgO and other fluxes but are not feldspars or frits. Remember that materials can be flux sources but also perform many other roles. For example, talc is a flux in high temperature glazes, but a matting agent in low temperatures ones. It can also be a flux, a filler and an expansion increaser in bodies. |
Hardness (Moh) | 6-5-7 |
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Frit Softening Point | 1420C |
Sieve Analysis Dry | Tyler 150 mesh: 95% |
Density (Specific Gravity) | 3.2 |
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