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Clay Minerals in the Ceramic Industries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Thomas W. Smoot
Thomas W. Smoot*
Affiliation:
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, Garber Research Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Abstract

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The physical, chemical and mineralogical characteristics of clays used in the ceramics industries are briefly outlined. Clays used include ball clays, fireclays, high-alumina clays of the diaspore and burley types, and three-layer types. The high temperature phases and bonding characteristics are briefly reviewed as are the uses of these various clays in the structural clay products, whitewares and refractories.

The importance of clays in the past for ceramics and, in particular, refractories is reviewed and evaluated for future importance.

Type
Symposium on Industrial Applications
Information
Clays and Clay Minerals (National Conference on Clays and Clay Minerals) , Volume 10 , February 1961 , pp. 309 - 317
Copyright
Copyright © Clay Minerals Society 1961

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