Lithium Carbonate (Foote)

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
Li2O	40.59%	1.00
CO2	59.26%	n/a
Oxide Weight		29.80
Formula Weight		73.15

Notes

Bulk density: 65 pounds/cubic foot

% Typical USA Sieve Analysis:
On 20 mesh: tr
30 mesh: 0.5
40 mesh: 3.4
60 mesh: 16.5
100 mesh: 23.3
140 mesh: 11.9
200 mesh 9.4

Typical % Trace Items Chemical Analysis:
Cl - 0.05
H₂O (110C) - 0.02
K - 0.031
Na - 0.12
Mg - 0.010
SO₄ - 0.15
Fe₂O₃ - 0.002
Ca - 0.03

LOI @ 550C - 0.54

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Materials	Lithium Carbonate A powerful melter very valuable in ceramic glazes. It is 40% Li2O and has an LOI of 60% (lost as CO2 on firing). This material in now incredibly expensive.
Typecodes	Flux Source Materials that source Na2O, K2O, Li2O, CaO, MgO and other fluxes but are not feldspars or frits. Remember that materials can be flux sources but also perform many other roles. For example, talc is a flux in high temperature glazes, but a matting agent in low temperatures ones. It can also be a flux, a filler and an expansion increaser in bodies.

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