Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Clays are very useful materials !

Clalys are very important and useful industrial raw material...
There are six types of Clay - Ball clay, bentonite, common clay, fire clay, fuller's earth, and kaolin
Mineral composition, plasticity, color, absorption qualities, firing characteristics, and clarification properties are a few of the characteristics used to distinguish between the different clay types.   Major  markets for these clays are as follows:   sanitaryware and ceramic tile for ball clays; absorbents, drilling mud, foundry sand bonding agent, and iron ore pelletizing for bentonite; brick, lightweight aggregate, and portland cement clinker for common clay and shale; refractories for fire clay; absorbents for fuller's earth; and paper and refractory markets for kaolin.

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