SIO-2® MARTE Red Sculpture, 4 lb Sample

SIO-2® MARTE Red Sculpture

4 lb (1.8 kg) Sample

Red sculpture clay with 40% fine grog 0-0.5 mm (up to 35 Mesh). Designed for artistic ceramics, it is ideal for sculpture and decorative murals. The high content of grog confers a beautiful textured surface and an excellent behaviour during drying and firing. Depending on the firing temperature, it develops a beautiful range of red tones that intensify with temperature and provide an ideal means of artistic expression. Available in extruded body (moist form).

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DETAILED INFORMATION:

Firing range: 1100-1260ºC / Cone 03-7
Biscuit temperature: 1000ºC / Cone 06
Water content: 19%
Plasticity (IP Atterberg): 18
Carbonate content (CaCO3): 0%
Drying shrinkage: 6.6%
Firing shrinkage 1260ºC: 3.8%
Porosity (water absorption) at 1260ºC: 8.6%
Dry bending strength: 2.1 N/mm2
Fired bending strength (1260ºC): 31.0 N/mm2
Thermal coefficient 1240ºC (25-500ºC): 60.8x10^-7ºC^-1

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