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Oxide | Analysis | Formula | |
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SiO2 | 45.00% | 0.90 | |
Al2O3 | 1.80% | 0.02 | |
Fe2O3 | 2.00% | 0.02 | |
CaO | 0.70% | 0.01 | |
MgO | 33.00% | 0.98 | |
K2O | 0.10% | - | |
LOI | 17.00% | n/a | |
Oxide Weight | 99.23 | ||
Formula Weight | 119.56 |
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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Materials |
Talc
A source of MgO for ceramic glazes, a flux or thermal expansion additive in clay bodies, also used in the manufacture of cordierite. |
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