Industrial Usage
Ceramic Sector is the major consumer of processed china clay. Besides ceramics, the other industries which consume this mineral in substantial quantities are paper, paint, plastics and rubber. Crude china clay is consumed mainly by the cement units, and insecticide and refractory sectors. Minor uses are in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, textile, ink, ultramarine, fibre glass, […]

Scope for Investment in Indian China Clay Industry
On studying the demand & supply prospects of china clay, there seems to be an enormous scope investment in the mining and technology up gradation of processing of china clay. China clay is an industrial mineral and the properties of this mineral can be improved further […]

China Clay also called as Kaolin is formed by chemical weathering of rocks(Feldspar) which are rich in aluminum silicate. Generally a white mineral, but is often found in Pink-Orange-Red colors due to Iron contamination. Less rust concentrations have a color of white, yellow or light orange. This mineral is highly valued for its whiteness, but […]

The other ball clay resources available are from Payyangadi and Rampuram under Cannanore district in Kerala. These clays are of dark colour firing characteristics due to the presence of higher content of iron and titanium impurities. The alumina content is very high, ranges up to 32% and this makes this clay more suitable for making […]

The ceramic industries situated near Tamil nadu area can make use of the ball clay available in Kerala and Neyveli Lignite mines in Tamil nadu. The Padappakara Ball Clay available in Kerala is of medium plastic in nature and contaminated with siliceous and carbonaceous impurities. By better beneficiation process this clay can be converted into […]

The ceramic industries situated near Tamil nadu area can make use of the ball clay available in Kerala and Neyveli Lignite mines in Tamil nadu. The Padappakara Ball Clay available in Kerala is of medium plastic in nature and contaminated with siliceous and carbonaceous impurities. By better beneficiation process this clay can be converted into […]

Most of the clay based industries in India scattered and only few of the ceramic industries are located nearer to the clay mines area. The industries located nearer to the mines area enjoying the benefit of lower cost towards the raw materials and the industries located far away from the mines are incurring huge cost […]

Almost all the clay based industries, source this mineral from multiple mines. The characteristics of this clay from each mine varies highly from one another. Since using single clay does not provide the typical required characteristics, that are necessary for making ceramic product, the manufacturers use a mixture of clays sourced from different mines. The […]

Mother Nature has blessed the Indian Continent with all the mineral resources. Ball clays of different variety is one of the important resource among the mineral resources. The sources are spread throughout India. However the characteristics differs from region to region and mine to mine and no region or no mine has got the required […]

Sol-gel Method
The base materials for the preparation of precursor sols can be the following materials.

Magnesium Nitrate and Aluminium tertiary butoxide.
Magnesium Nitrate and Boehmite particles
Magnesium Oxide and Boehmite particles
Magnesium Alkoxides and Aluminium Alkoxides

The sol is prepared with the action of nitric acid and the gel formed is dissolved in an alcoholic […]