IXL 45F

Description: Red burning very sandy low temperature clay

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
CaO	1.68%	0.26
K2O	2.76%	0.25
MgO	1.49%	0.32
Na2O	1.26%	0.17
TiO2	0.30%	0.03
Al2O3	13.41%	1.13
SiO2	72.73%	10.38
Fe2O3	3.58%	0.19
LOI	3.50%	n/a
Oxide Weight		834.08
Formula Weight		864.33

Notes

A very low plasticity mix of sand and low-temperature red burning terra cotta clay. It was mined, by I-XL Industries, near Elkwater, Alberta, Canada. It was used to cut the plasticity and drying shrinkage of the more plastic materials used for brick and pipe manufacture (e.g. 45R, 45D). Plainsman Clays also used it, for the same purpose, in red-burning bodies.

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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.
Materials	IXL 45D
Materials	IXL 45R

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