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Edgar Glass Sand

Oxide Analysis Formula Tolerance
SiO2 99.30% 337.06
Al2O3 0.50% 1.00 .05
Fe2O3 0.04% 0.05 max
Na2O 0.01% 0.03 max
CaO 0.01% 0.04 .0005
TiO2 0.03% 0.08 max
LOI 0.15%n/a
Oxide Weight 20,377.56
Formula Weight 20,408.17

Notes

A high quality silica sand suitable for producing glass containers, fiberglass insulation and specialized glaze making. This comes from the same quarry as EP Kaolin.

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Materials EP Kaolin
A kaolin that gels slurries (thus handy to suspend ceramic glazes). It is plastic and fires white enough that it is also valuable in porcelain bodies.
Materials Glass Sand
Typecodes Silica/Quartz
Quartz is very abundant and there are many grades and name brands.
URLs http://edgarminerals.com/Glass-Sand.html
Edgar Glass sand web page

Data

Bulk Density lbs/cu. ft. (Packed) 95
Sieve Analysis Dry +40 mesh: 1.4% +50: 9.0 +70: 20.4 +100: 46.6 +140: 18.5
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