Spinks 3-C Ball Clay

Description: No longer produced

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
CaO	0.37%	0.02
MgO	0.21%	0.02
K2O	0.23%	0.01
Na2O	0.10%	0.01
P2O5	0.14%	-
TiO2	1.59%	0.07
Al2O3	28.65%	1.00
SiO2	55.25%	3.27
Fe2O3	1.13%	0.03
SO3	0.03%	n/a
LOI	12.44%	n/a
Oxide Weight		312.12
Formula Weight		356.59

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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.

Data

Pyrometric Cone Equivalent	33

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