Tableware clay

Tableware clay. It is especially formulated for making tableware with high impact resistance. Firing at medium temperature (1150ºC). Its white colour after firing provides and excellent ware for glazes and colouring oxides, being a clay suitable for many applications. Its fine texture makes it ideal for wheel-throwing and modelling. Available in extruded body (moist form).

Firing range: 1150-1180ºC
Water content: 20%
Plasticity (IP Atterberg): 14
Carbonate content (CaCO3): 0%
Drying shrinkage: 5.3%
Firing shrinkage (1180ºC): 6.1%
Porosity (water absorption at 1050ºC): 0.1%
Dry bending strength: 6.9 N/mm2
Fired bending strength (1050ºC): 38.1 N/mm2
Thermal coefficient (25-500ºC): 61.4x10^-7ºC^-1