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Description: Tennessee Ball Clay
Oxide | Analysis | Formula | |
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CaO | 0.10% | - | |
K2O | 0.10% | - | |
MgO | 0.10% | 0.01 | |
Na2O | 0.10% | - | |
TiO2 | 2.40% | 0.08 | |
Al2O3 | 38.30% | 1.00 | |
SiO2 | 44.80% | 1.99 | |
Fe2O3 | 0.60% | 0.01 | |
LOI | 13.60% | n/a | |
C | 0.30% | n/a | |
Oxide Weight | 230.37 | ||
Formula Weight | 267.56 |
Modulus of Rupture at 110C
Mn/M2 - 2.6
lbf/in2 - 370
Water Absorption
1120C - 13.0
1220C - 8.0
Shrinkage Dry to Fired
1120C - 8.0
1220C - 12.5
Refractoriness
Cone - 35, 1770C
Materials |
Ball Clay
A fine particled highly plastic secondary clay used mainly to impart plasticity to clay and porcelain bodies and to suspend glaze, slips and engobe slurries. |
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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. |
% < 0.5 microns | 44 |
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% < 5 microns | 90 |
Pyrometric Cone Equivalent | 35 |
% < 20 microns | 97 |
% < 10 microns | 95 |
% < 2 microns | 71 |
% < 1 micron | 60 |
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