China Clay for Ceramics:
China Clay gains in importance in ceramics due to its contribution in Color of the finished objects and its high temperature performance. China Clay results in bodies that range in color from white to ivory. China Clay tend to have moderate particle size of 1 to 2 micro m and because of […]

China Clay Manufacturing Process:
The modern production process of china clay from mines is a three step method.
1. The earth overlaying the clay is removed and a high pressure water jet is fired at the quarry face to liberate the clay. This process is important to remove the drilled mud […]

Ball Clay: Bikaner, Rajasthan
K Grade – This grade ball clay is available in few mines situated near Kolayat region of Bikaner and hence the name K-Grade. This clay is medium plastic in nature and the free silica content is higher than the M-Grade clay. The shrinkage is low for this clay compared to M-Grade. The […]

Ball Clay: Bikaner, Rajasthan
M Grade – This grade clay available in few mines in Bikaner is very high plastic in nature. The shrinkage is very high for this clay; in some cases it goes up to 18 to 20%. The colour after firing is normally dark due to the presence of iron and titanium impurities.
The […]

Ball Clay: Bikaner - Rajasthan
The major portion of ball clay reserves is available in Bikaner district of Rajasthan in India. Most of the Indian ceramic industries use this clay in their body formulation. Even most of the industries in southern India use this clay. There are two major varieties of this clay available and […]

Ball Clay: Madhya Pradesh
Ball clay available at Bilaspur, Botia and Chandia districts are good variety of clays. The chemical compositions of all the three varieties are almost uniform. However the ball clay from Chandia district is of higher grade and its white burning character is very good due to the lower presence of iron and […]

Ball Clay: Rajhara-Bihar
The ball clay available in Rajhara district of Bihar in India is of medium plastic type. The firing color of this clay is Creamish white due to the very lower percentage of iron impurities. However the clay contains higher percentage of calcium and its deflocculant demand is very high due to the […]

Santalpur Ball Clay - Gujarat
The ball clay available in Santalpur area near Kutch is of very high plastic in nature and the firing shrinkage for this clay is very high and it can not be used in ceramic body formulations in higher %. More over the rheological characteristics also very poor and thus using […]

Than Ball Clay: Gujarat
Even though some mine owners are processing this clay, the technology adapted is most out dated and not up to the requirement to produce good quality premium grade ball clay like the UK or Thailand ball clays.
If at all we are use the good process technology for processing, this clay can be […]

Than Ball Clay: Gujarat
The ball clay available at Thangadh, Gujarat State in India is of High Plastic and Carbonaceous type. The crude clay contains lot of free silica and lignite particles as impurities. The clay physical colour varies from grayish black to jet black in colour. The clay bed available after the over burden is […]