SIO-2 - Traditional White Earthenware - PB - 1050-1080ºC - 12.5Kg

Traditional white earthenware body. High whiteness in oxidising atmosphere. It is very suitable for the use of traditional glazes and colouring oxides. High fired bending strength. Available in extruded body (moist form), being suitable for throwing, shaping and modelling.

• Firing range (biscuit): 1050-1080ºC.
• Water content (throwing): 22%.
• Plasticity (IP Atterberg): 14.
• Carbonate content (CaCO3): 14%.
• Drying shrinkage: 5.1%.
• Firing shrinkage (1050ºC): 0.8%.
• Porosity (water absorption at 1050ºC): 12.1%.
• Dry bending strength: 6.8 N/mm2.
• Fired bending strength (1050ºC): 32.2 N/mm2.
• Thermal coefficient (25-500ºC): 79.8x10^-7ºC^-1.