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FT-RSB Clay

Description: Westerwald, Germany - Plastic Clay

Oxide Analysis Formula Tolerance
CaO 0.30% 0.03
K2O 2.00% 0.11
MgO 0.40% 0.05
Na2O 0.20% 0.02
TiO2 1.20% 0.08
Al2O3 20.30% 1.00
SiO2 62.80% 5.25
Fe2O3 5.60% 0.18
LOI 7.30%n/a
C 0.10%n/a
Oxide Weight 466.29
Formula Weight 503.55

Notes

Raw Color - LIGHT RED - DARK RED
Particle Size (e.s.d.)
125 microns - 0.3
63 microns - 2.8
20 microns - 90
2 microns - 62
.5 microns - 44
Modulus of Rupture at 110C
Mn/M2 - 6.4
lbf/in2 - 920
Water Absorption
1120C - 2.5
1220C - 1.00
Shrinkage Dry to Fired
1120C - 7.5
1220C - 8.1
Plastic Index - 828
PF NO. - 34.0

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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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