Dextrin

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Dextrin is used in adhesives, thickening agents, paper sizing, textiles, printing inks, substitute for lactose, felt manufacture, and in pyrotechnics and as a binder in ceramic bodies. You can make your own dextrin using instructions found on youtube.com. To find a commercial source, google the phrase "dextrin data sheet".

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Oxide	Analysis	Formula	Tolerance

Typecodes	Additives for Ceramic Bodies Materials that are added to bodies to impart physical working properties and usually burn away during firing. Binders enable bodies with very low or zero clay content to have plasticity and dry hardness, they can give powders flow properties during pressing and impart rheological properties to clay slurries. Among potters however, it is common for bodies to have zero additives.
URLs	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dextrin Dextrin at Wikipedia
Articles	Binders for Ceramic Bodies An overview of the major types of organic and inorganic binders used in various different ceramic industries.

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