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Euroblend 90 Ball Clay

Description: Devon/Westerwald Ball Blend

Oxide Analysis Formula
CaO 0.20% 0.01
K2O 2.10% 0.09
MgO 0.30% 0.03
Na2O 0.20% 0.01
TiO2 1.10% 0.05
Al2O3 25.90% 1.00
SiO2 59.90% 3.93
Fe2O3 1.00% 0.02
LOI 9.30%n/a
C 1.10%n/a
Oxide Weight 357.20
Formula Weight 398.66

Notes

Particle Size (e.s.d.)
125 microns - 1.0
20 microns - 93
2 microns - 66
.5 microns - 48
Modulus of Rupture at 110C
Mn/M2 - 5.2
lbf/in2 - 750
Water Absorption
1120C - 8.0
1220C - 0.5
Shrinkage Dry to Fired
1120C - 9.5
1220C - 13.0
Reflectance 464nm
1120C - 65
1220C - 47
Refractoriness
Cone - 30, 1670C

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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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