White Earthernware Clay

White earthenware clay specially formulated for wheel-throwing and modelling. It is a high quality and polyvalent clay, very popular for its fineness and plasticity. Its balanced calcium carbonate content confers higher stability than traditional white earthenware bodies. Its coefficients of thermal expansion are ideal for standard pottery glazes, in both single and twice firing processes. Available in extruded body (moist form) in a wide range of water content depending on the shaping application: wheel-throwing, modelling and shaping processes (extruding and pressing).

Firing range (biscuit): 1050-1080ºC / Cone 05-03
Water content (throwing): 20%
Plasticity (IP Atterberg): 15
Carbonate content (CaCO3): 17%
Drying shrinkage: 6.2%
Firing shrinkage 1050ºC: -0.2%
Porosity (water absorption) 1050ºC: 12.6%
Dry bending strength: 5.1 N/mm2
Fired bending strength 1050ºC: 27.8 N/mm2
Thermal coefficient 1050ºC (25-500ºC): 74.5x10^-7ºC^-1

Pick up from Thornleigh, N.S.W is also available.
Please call customer service on 1300 731 529 to order for pick-up.