Kaosand

Description: Plainsman Native Clay

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
BaO	0.32%	0.01
CaO	0.22%	0.02
K2O	2.32%	0.15
MgO	0.56%	0.08
Na2O	0.14%	0.01
TiO2	0.65%	0.05
Al2O3	17.20%	1.00
P2O5	0.15%	0.01
SiO2	70.43%	6.95
Fe2O3	1.30%	0.05
MnO	0.01%	-
LOI	6.70%	n/a
Oxide Weight		553.29
Formula Weight		593.02

Notes

A fine white firing, kaolinized sand, suitable as a body constituent to diversify particle size, add texture, improve drying and reduce plasticity. This material has very low plasticity and cannot be used by itself. It is a very unique material, not available anywhere else that we know of.

Sieve Analysis Wet Washed
(Root of 2 series) +35 +48 +65 +100 +150# +200 +325
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0.2% 0.5% 7.6% 22.9% 30.9% 38.2% n/a

Texture: Sandy
Plastic Index (1-10): 1
Green Strength (lbs/sqaure inch): n/a
Dry shrinkage: n/a
Dried density: 1.85
PCE: 20.5

Related Information

Links

URLs	https://plainsmanclays.com/data/index.php?product=12903 Kaosand Data Sheet
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.

Data

Frit Softening Point	PCE 21

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