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FT-H Clay

Description: Westerwald, Germany - Plastic Clay

Oxide Analysis Formula
CaO 0.20% 0.02
K2O 1.90% 0.10
MgO 0.10% 0.01
Na2O 0.20% 0.02
TiO2 1.30% 0.08
Al2O3 20.20% 1.00
SiO2 69.70% 5.86
Fe2O3 0.90% 0.03
LOI 5.50%n/a
C 0.20%n/a
Oxide Weight 477.18
Formula Weight 506.02

Notes

Raw Color - WHITE-LIGHT GREY
Particle Size (e.s.d.)
125 microns - 1.0
63 microns - 2.7
20 microns - 86
2 microns - 59
.5 microns - 41
Modulus of Rupture at 110C
Mn/M2 - 4.3
lbf/in2 - 630
Water Absorption
1120C - 8.0
1220C - 3
Shrinkage Dry to Fired
1120C - 6.0
1220C - 9.0
Refractoriness
Cone - 29, 1650C
Plastic Index - 556
PF NO. - 28.8

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Typecodes Clay Other
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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