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TB-1 Ball Clay
Tennessee Ball Clay
Chemistry
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Miscellaneous
- 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): 521
Wet Sieve Residue, +200 mesh (%): 0.21
Water of Plasticity (%): 39
Linear Dry Shrinkage (%): 7.43
Solubles Sulfates (ppm): 235
Filtration (ml): 24
Specific Surface Area (sq meters per gram): 20.2
CEC/MBI (meq/100 ml): 11.0
pH: 5.3
PCE: 31
Firing Shrinkage (%) Cone 04: 6.4 Cone 3: 7.5 Cone 11: 8.7
Absorption (%) 16.1 10.2 3.8
Particle Size (% finer than):
50 microns: 100
20: 97
10: 91
5: 80
1: 60
0.5: 52
Suppliers
- Old Hickory
Authors
- Tony Hansen (Owner)
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