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Kaosand
Plainsman Native Clay
Chemistry
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Miscellaneous
- Family: Clay Other
- Region: None
- Mined At: Unspecified
- Raw Mineral: No
- Generic: No
Notes
A fine white firing, kaolinized sand, suitable as a body constituent to diversify particle size, add texture, improve drying and reduce plasticity. This material has very low plasticity and cannot be used by itself. It is a very unique material, not available anywhere else that we know of.
Sieve Analysis Wet Washed
(Root of 2 series) +35 +48 +65 +100 +150# +200 +325
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0.2% 0.5% 7.6% 22.9% 30.9% 38.2% n/a
Texture: Sandy
Plastic Index (1-10): 1
Green Strength (lbs/sqaure inch): n/a
Dry shrinkage: n/a
Dried density: 1.85
PCE: 20.5
Data
- Melting Point (MP): PCE 21
- Melting Point (MP): PCE 21
URLs
- Data Sheet - http://digitalfire.com/plainsman/data/kaosand.htm
Suppliers
- Plainsman Clays
Authors
- Tony Hansen (Owner)
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