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Jasper Red

Oxide Analysis Formula
K2O 0.71% 0.04
MgO 0.23% 0.03
Na2O 0.23% 0.02
TiO2 1.69% 0.12
Al2O3 17.26% 1.00
SiO2 63.05% 6.20
Fe2O3 8.43% 0.31
LOI 8.40%n/a
Oxide Weight 541.32
Formula Weight 590.96

Notes

A very red burning medium to low plasticity stoneware clay useful in both plastic and casting bodies. Crude color is red-brown.

Shrinkage:
Cone 05: 6%
Cone 1: 9%
Cone 5: 10%
Cone 10: 11-12%

Absorption:
Cone 05: 19%
Cone 1: 13%
Cone 5: 12%
Cone 10: 8%

+200 mesh residue Wet: 9.5%
PCE: 14
M.O.R.: 274 psi

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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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