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No. 1 Ball Clay
Kentucky Ball Clay
Chemistry
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- Family: Ball Clay
- Region: None
- Mined At: Unspecified
- Raw Mineral: No
- Generic: No
Notes
Crude Color: White to Pink
Dry M.O.R. (psi 50% clay/50% flint, cast bars): 300
Wet Sieve Residue, +200 mesh (%): 0.30
Water of Plasticity (%): 32
Linear Dry Shrinkage (%): 5.5
Solubles Sulfates (ppm): 160
Filtration (ml): 23
Specific Surface Area (sq meters per gram): 16.9
CEC/MBI (meq/100 ml): 8.5
pH: 5.8
PCE: 32
Firing Shrinkage (%) Cone 04: 5.0 Cone 3: 5.1 Cone 11: 7.2
Absorption (%) 15.8 12.7 2.5
Particle Size (% finer than):
50 microns: 100
20: 96
10: 92
5: 85
1: 60
0.5: 49
Suppliers
- Old Hickory
Authors
- Tony Hansen (Owner)
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