Blue Earthenware 164-BLUE
Recommended firing range 1050-1080C
Indicative texture 1 (Smooth 1-Coarse 10).
A smooth, coloured earthenware ideal for modelling, jewellery making and wheel throwing.
Supplied in a 5kg pack.
Manufactured by SIO2 (Spain)
SIO2 technical data:
Water content (throwing): 19%
Plasticity (IP Atterberg): 15
Carbonate content (CaCO3): 16%
Drying shrinkage: 5.6%
Firing shrinkage (1050ºC): -0.3%
Porosity (water absorption at 1050ºC): 12.1%
Dry bending strength: 4.1 N/mm2
Fired bending strength (1050ºC): 31.7 N/mm2
Thermal coefficient (25-500ºC): 76.6×10^-7ºC^-1 “