Shino QIT/Slater #4

Ball clay 15

Nepheline syenite 77

Redart 1.5

Kaolin 1.5

Lithium carbonate 3

Silica 2

Total 100

Bentonite 3

QIT Red Dust 10

Slater Dust 3

Na2O 0.51 Al2O3 0.88 SiO2 3.86

K2O 0.16 P2O5 0.00

MgO 0.04 TiO2 0.01

CaO 0.09 Fe2O3 0.25

Li2O 0.15

ZnO 0.05

Alumina:Silica ratio is 1.00:4.37

Neutral:Acid ratio is 1.00:4.66

Alk:Neut:Acid ratio is 1.00:0.88:4.12

Expansion: 89.4 x 10e-7 per degree C

Oxides causing abnormal expansion: Li2O