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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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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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