Showing posts with label Materials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Materials. Show all posts

Friday, April 22, 2011

Red Horse Clay

Grabbing all the clays and kaolins I can find to push through testing for the soda wash recipe.
This one is Red Horse Clay.


Looks like a heavy layer of iron oxide, a nice metallic sheen.
I'd never heard of it before, but I like what it does.

Red Horse Clay

Chemistry %

CaO0.45
MgO0.62
K2O1.20
Na2O0.30
Al2O322.03
SiO267.59
Fe2O36.62

Volatiles %

LOI1.18
Another analysis show 50% SiO2, 28% Al2O3 and 10% LOI.