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M-44 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: Grey
Dry M.O.R. (psi 50% clay/50% flint, cast bars): 700
Wet Sieve Residue, +200 mesh (%): 0.97
Water of Plasticity (%): 35
Linear Dry Shrinkage (%): 7.5
Solubles Sulfates (ppm): 640
Filtration (ml): 16
Specific Surface Area (sq meters per gram): 20.1
CEC/MBI (meq/100 ml): 11.0
pH: 6.4
PCE: 31
Firing Shrinkage (%) Cone 04: 3.8 Cone 3: 7.5 Cone 11: 8.0
Absorption (%) 12.4 6.7 2.5
Particle Size (% finer than):
50 microns: 99
20: 96
10: 89
5: 83
1: 60
0.5: 45
Suppliers
- Old Hickory
Authors
- Tony Hansen (Owner)
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