FT-W Clay

Description: Westerwald, Germany - Plastic Clay

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
CaO	0.20%	0.02
K2O	2.10%	0.11
MgO	0.10%	0.01
Na2O	0.20%	0.02
TiO2	1.30%	0.08
Al2O3	20.10%	1.00
SiO2	69.30%	5.85
Fe2O3	0.90%	0.03
LOI	5.80%	n/a
C	0.20%	n/a
Oxide Weight		478.03
Formula Weight		508.54

Notes

Raw Color - WHITE-LIGHT GREY
Particle Size (e.s.d.)
125 microns - 0.2
63 microns - 1.2
20 microns - 92
2 microns - 61
.5 microns - 42
Modulus of Rupture at 110C
Mn/M2 - 4.1
lbf/in2 - 600
Water Absorption
1120C - 6.0
1220C - 0
Shrinkage Dry to Fired
1120C - 7.0
1220C - 9.5
Refractoriness
Cone - 30, 1670C
Plastic Index - 508
PF NO. - 27.8

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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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