Shino QIT/Slater #2

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 1.5

Na2O 0.53 Al2O3 0.92 SiO2 4.00

K2O 0.16 P2O5 0.00

MgO 0.03 TiO2 0.01

CaO 0.08 Fe2O3 0.24

Li2O 0.16

ZnO 0.03

Alumina:Silica ratio is 1.00:4.37

Neutral:Acid ratio is 1.00:4.64

Alk:Neut:Acid ratio is 1.00:0.92:4.25

Expansion: 89.1 x 10e-7 per degree C

Oxides causing abnormal expansion: Li2O