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Old Hickory No. 2 Ball Clay

Legacy ball clay

Chemistry SiO2 51.600 Al2O3 33.700 Fe2O3 0.800 TiO2 1.300 CaO 0.100 MgO 0.200 K2O 0.200 Na2O 0.100

Volatiles LOI 11.000

Links to Other Materials

• Ball Clay - Parent
• Cache

Miscellaneous

• Family: Ball Clay
• Region: North America
• Mined At: Unspecified
• Raw Mineral: No
• Generic: No

Data

• % < 0.5 microns: 43%
• Dry M.O.R. (50% Silica): 380 psi
• Drying Shrinkage: 7.6%
• Firing Shrinkage
  Cone 9: 6.0%
• Water absorption
  Cone 9: 7.8%

Suppliers

• Old Hickory
  

Authors

• Tony Hansen (Owner)

XML

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<oxide symbol="MgO" name="Magnesium Oxide, Magnesia" status="" percent="0.200" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="K2O" name="Potassium Oxide" status="" percent="0.200" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="Na2O" name="Sodium Oxide, Soda" status="" percent="0.100" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="TiO2" name="Titanium Dioxide, Titania" status="" percent="1.300" tolerance=""/>
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