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Thomas Ball Clay
Tennessee Ball Clay
Chemistry
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- Family: Ball Clay
- Region: None
- Mined At: Unspecified
- Raw Mineral: No
- Generic: No
Notes
Crude Color: Brown
Dry M.O.R. (psi 50% clay/50% flint, cast bars): 511
Wet Sieve Residue, +200 mesh (%): 0.31
Water of Plasticity (%): 36
Linear Dry Shrinkage (%): 7.26
Solubles Sulfates (ppm): 283
Filtration (ml): 26
Specific Surface Area (sq meters per gram): 19.8
CEC/MBI (meq/100 ml): 10.5
pH: 5.3
PCE: 31
Firing Shrinkage (%) Cone 04: 5.9 Cone 3: 7.0 Cone 11: 8.0
Absorption (%) 16.2 10.8 4.0
Particle Size (% finer than):
50 microns: 100
20: 96
10: 93
5: 85
1: 65
0.5: 54
Suppliers
- Cooley Clay Co.
- Old Hickory
Authors
- Tony Hansen (Owner)
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