Clay Craft

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Shino Rouge à l'UGS

Shino Rouge à l'UGS

Shino Rouge à l'UGS

Kona F-4 31
Nepheline syenite 61
Lithium carbonate 5.5
EPK 2.5
100

Bentonite 4
UGS Rutile 4

QIT stands for Quebec Iron & Titanium, it owns an ilmenite mine

in northeastern Quebec; the ore is shipped to Tracy where it is processed

to titanium dioxide slags, iron pigs, steel billets and steel auto parts.

« UGS »(stands for upgraded slag) is a form of titanium dioxide slag,

obtained by refining Sorelslag by diluted hydrochloric acid.

Sorelslag has the following general formula:

TiO2 82%

FeO 8.0%

SiO2 2.0%

Al2O3 3.0%

MgO 5.0%
Total 100%

The « UGS » slag used in this experiment has the following formula

It is a « synthetic rutile » :

TIO2 94.13%

FE2O3 1.09%

AL2O3 0.45%

CAO 0.11%

MGO 0.45%

P205 0.004%

MNO 0.02%

SIO2 2.69%

CR2O3 0.08%

V2O5 0.42%

ZRO2 0.07%

NB2O5 0.01%

CL- 0.12%

L.O.I 0.35%

It was 140 mesh sieved.

"Ils sont fous ces quebecois"
"They are insane these quebekers"
"Están locos estos quebequeses"
Edouard Bastarache
Irreductible Quebecois
Indomitable Quebeker
Sorel-Tracy
Quebec
edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca
www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm
http://www.digitalfire.com/education/toxicity/