Kanch

Chemistry

SiO259.370
TiO20.270
P2O51.650
Al2O38.410
B2O30.390
Fe2O31.710
MgO0.730
Na2O23.500
CaO1.930
K2O2.040

Miscellaneous

Notes

Described by Bob Hay in Ceramics Monthly 9/1980.
See also "Pottery in India" by Gurcharan Singh, 1979.


Authors

XML

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<regions>
<region name="South Asia" minedat="India"/>
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<oxides>
<oxide symbol="CaO" name="Calcium Oxide, Calcia" status="" percent="1.930" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="MgO" name="Magnesium Oxide, Magnesia" status="" percent="0.730" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="K2O" name="Potassium Oxide" status="" percent="2.040" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="Na2O" name="Sodium Oxide, Soda" status="" percent="23.500" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="P2O5" name="Phosphorus Pentoxide" status="" percent="1.650" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="TiO2" name="Titanium Dioxide, Titania" status="" percent="0.270" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="Al2O3" name="Aluminum Oxide, Alumina" status="" percent="8.410" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="B2O3" name="Boric Oxide" status="" percent="0.390" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="SiO2" name="Silicon Dioxide, Silica" status="" percent="59.370" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="Fe2O3" name="Iron Oxide, Ferric Oxide" status="" percent="1.710" tolerance=""/>
</oxides>
<notes>
<note>Described by Bob Hay in Ceramics Monthly 9/1980.
See also &quot;Pottery in India&quot; by Gurcharan Singh, 1979.</note>
</notes>
</material>



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