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Taylor Blend
Tennessee Ball Clay
Chemistry
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- Family: Ball Clay
- Region: None
- Mined At: Unspecified
- Raw Mineral: No
- Generic: No
Notes
Crude Color: Light Grey
Dry M.O.R. (psi 50% clay/50% flint, cast bars): 519
Wet Sieve Residue, +200 mesh (%): 0.38
Water of Plasticity (%): 37
Linear Dry Shrinkage (%): 7.1
Solubles Sulfates (ppm): 229
Filtration (ml): 25
Specific Surface Area (sq meters per gram): 20.2
CEC/MBI (meq/100 ml): 10.5
pH: 5.1
PCE: 31
Firing Shrinkage (%) Cone 04: 6.1 Cone 3: 6.4 Cone 11: 8.5
Absorption (%) 10.6 8.3 3.2
Particle Size (% finer than):
50 microns: 100
20: 94
10: 87
5: 78
1: 60
0.5: 50
Suppliers
- Old Hickory
Authors
- Tony Hansen (Owner)
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