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FT-204 Clay

Description: Westerwald, Germany - Plastic Clay

Oxide Analysis Formula Tolerance
CaO 0.09% 0.01
K2O 2.50% 0.10
MgO 0.26% 0.02
Na2O 0.17% 0.01
TiO2 1.12% 0.05
Al2O3 26.52% 1.00
SiO2 57.43% 3.68
Fe2O3 2.24% 0.05
LOI 9.60%n/a
C 0.09%n/a
Oxide Weight 347.40
Formula Weight 384.65

Notes

Raw Color - CREAM
Particle Size (e.s.d.)
125 microns - 0.4
63 microns - 0.8
20 microns - 97
2 microns - 86
.5 microns - 75
Modulus of Rupture at 110C
Mn/M2 - 5.9
lbf/in2 - 1340
Water Absorption
1120C - 6.0
1220C - 1.00
Shrinkage Dry to Fired
1120C - 14.5
1220C - 14.5
Refractoriness
Cone - 31, 1690C
Plastic Index - 717
PF NO. - 38.2

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Clays that are not kaolins, ball clays or bentonites. For example, stoneware clays are mixtures of all of the above plus quartz, feldspar, mica and other minerals. There are also many clays that have high plasticity like bentonite but are much different mineralogically.

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