SB Blend Ball Clay

Description: Tennessee Ball Clay

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
CaO	0.10%	0.01
K2O	1.30%	0.05
MgO	0.10%	0.01
Na2O	0.10%	0.01
TiO2	1.80%	0.09
Al2O3	26.60%	1.00
SiO2	57.50%	3.67
Fe2O3	1.10%	0.03
LOI	11.30%	n/a
C	0.80%	n/a
Oxide Weight		339.74
Formula Weight		386.51

Notes

Particle Size (e.s.d.)
125 microns - 0.3
20 microns - 97
2 microns - 62
.5 microns - 48
Modulus of Rupture at 110C
Mn/M2 - 5.2
lbf/in2 - 760
Water Absorption
1120C - 2.0
1220C - 7.0
Shrinkage Dry to Fired
1120C - 10.0
1220C - 11.0
Refractoriness
Cone - 32, 1710C

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Typecodes	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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