Limestone

Chemistry

CaO	42.570
K2O	0.330
MgO	7.890
Na2O	0.050
TiO2	0.060
Al2O3	0.810
P2O5	0.040
SiO2	5.000
Fe2O3	0.540

Volatiles

LOI

42.360

Links to Other Materials

Calcite
Calcareous Earths

Miscellaneous

Family: Flux Source
Region: None
Mined At: Unspecified
Raw Mineral: Yes
Generic: No

Authors

Tony Hansen (Owner)

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<material name="Limestone" descrip="" generic="0" rawmineral="1" searchkey="" loi="42.36">
<families>
<family name="Flux Source"/>
</families>
<oxides>
<oxide symbol="CaO" name="Calcium Oxide, Calcia" status="U" percent="42.570" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="MgO" name="Magnesium Oxide, Magnesia" status="U" percent="7.890" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="K2O" name="Potassium Oxide" status="U" percent="0.330" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="Na2O" name="Sodium Oxide, Soda" status="U" percent="0.050" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="P2O5" name="Phosphorus Pentoxide" status="" percent="0.040" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="TiO2" name="Titanium Dioxide, Titania" status="" percent="0.060" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="Al2O3" name="Aluminum Oxide, Alumina" status="" percent="0.810" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="SiO2" name="Silicon Dioxide, Silica" status="" percent="5.000" tolerance=""/>
<oxide symbol="Fe2O3" name="Iron Oxide, Ferric Oxide" status="" percent="0.540" tolerance=""/>
</oxides>
<volatiles>
<volatile symbol="" name="" percent="42.360" tolerance=""/>
</volatiles>
<references>
<reference name="seealso" reason=""/>
<reference name="seealso" reason=""/>
</references>
</material>

Much more information with complete interlinking to many related
databases can be found by logging into the www.ceramicmaterials.info database

INSIGHT is ceramic chemistry
calculation software that runs on
Windows, Mac and Linux and talks
to this web site.