Addition of glass powders can increase production efficiency, cost and the quality of bricks and ceramic glazes.
Not all refractories are created equal: the acidic, basic and neutral classifications help the user in their choice of optimal refractory material.
Iron pyrite is an inexpensive and widely available material that finds use in iron production, affording interesting enhancements to process efficiency and final products.
Ground glass powder is the most common additive in the manufacture of rock/mineral wools for insulation products and other applications.
Foundry burn on is a name given to a wide variety of surface defects that are produced at high heat during the metal sand casting process. Carbonaceous materials in the mold, such as high-anthracite coal dust can prevent such defects from forming.
Bentonite is a form of clay that has found numerous uses over its thousands of years of use - but perhaps most notably in foundries from the 1900’s onwards, alongside powdered coal.
Porcelain, whose origin can be traced back to China, can be described as a ceramic material formed by heating various materials together. These materials, including Kaolin which is heated in a kiln to high range temperatures between 1200 and 1400ºC.
Chrome sand is used in high-quality castables for producing precision castings when held together using organic resin- or inorganic type- binders.
Some important properties of feldspar is the alumina and alkali content. Thus they have many applications in the paint, glass, and ceramic industries.
Yellow ochre (limonite), a hydrated form of iron oxide hydroxide, is a naturally occurring ore of iron with uses beyond pigments.