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Materials for Ceramics

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Kamonkoli Ball Clay

Description: Uganda ball clay

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
MgO	0.23%	0.02
Al2O3	23.42%	1.00
Na2O	0.13%	0.01
SiO2	54.78%	3.97
P2O5	0.14%	-
K2O	1.02%	0.05
CaO	0.46%	0.04
TiO2	1.83%	0.10
Fe2O3	7.33%	0.20
Cr2O3	0.02%	-
MnO	0.03%	-
CuO	0.02%	-
ZrO2	0.10%	-
LOI	10.02%	n/a
SO3	0.29%	n/a
Oxide Weight		389.84
Formula Weight		434.65

Notes

Analysis from SEAMIC labs in 2007.

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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.

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