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Typical Data Sheet
Shipping Point: Hickory, Kentucky

RAW PROPERTIES  
Crude Color White
Dry Sieve Residue, +80 mesh (%) 0.40
Wet Sieve Residue, +200 mesh (%) 0.39
Wet Sieve Residue, +325 mesh (%) 0.34
Nature of Residue High Purity Quartz
Water of Plasticity (%) 31
Linear Drying Shrinkage (%) 5.8
Soluble Sulfates (ppm) 160
Specific Surface Area (m2/g) 18.0
CEC/MBI(meq/100 ml) 7.1
pH 5.9
Particle Size (% less than)
5 Micron
1 Micron
.5 Micron

87
63
52
Median Particle Diameter (Micron) 0.37
Coefficient of Linear Expansion, x 10 -6 (50-500 degrees C)* 5.90
Percent Linear Expansion, (500 degrees C) 0.277
*Prefired 1200 degrees C

Chemical Analysis & Mineralogical Analysis
(Feldspar Rational Analysis Method)

Silicon Dioxide 56.32
Aluminum Oxide 29.37
Iron Oxide 0.87
Titanium Dioxide 2.44
Calcium Oxide 0.10
Magnesium Oxide 0.28
Sodium Oxide 0.10
Potassium Oxide 028
Loss on Ignition 9.91
Carbon(%) 0.08
Sulfur (ppm) 73
Kaolinite 70.8
Quartz 22.4
Feldspar 4.5
Organic 0.0
Misc. Trace Minerals 2.3

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