Archive for the 'Ball Clay' Category

Indian Ball Clay

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

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 […]

Indian Ball Clay

Monday, August 17th, 2009

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 […]

Indian Ball Clay

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

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 […]

Indian Ball Clay

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

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 […]

Indian Ball Clay

Friday, August 14th, 2009

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 […]

Indian Ball Clay

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

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 […]

Indian Ball Clay

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

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 […]

Indian Ball Clay

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

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 […]

Indian Ball Clay

Monday, August 10th, 2009

The ball clay resources available in Andhra Pradesh region is of medium to high plastic type clay. The chemical composition and physical properties of this clay is best suited for vitreous china sanitary ware body, vitrified granite tiles, floor tiles, wall tiles, stone ware and Refractory body formulation. Even though huge reserves of this clay […]

Indian Ball Clay

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

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 […]