Pasta PLA azul

PLA Blue Clay

PLA Blue

BTCP026

Package: 5 kg = 11 lbs

Cone 05 – 04 Ceramic Clay

Low temperature |1922–1976ºF

Blue clay body. It stands out for its valued blue color at low firing temperatures in an oxidizing atmosphere. It offers great fineness and plasticity, providing excellent performance for wheel throwing and hand modeling. It behaves very well with glazes. Available as an extruded plastic clay body.

Technical Data:

Firing temperature: 1922–1976ºF

Moisture (wheel throwing): 19%

Plasticity (Atterberg PI): 15

Calcimetry (CaCO₃): 16%

Drying shrinkage: 5.0%

Firing shrinkage at 1050 ºC: –0.3%

Porosity (water absorption at 1050 ºC): 12.4%

Dry mechanical strength: 4.1 N/mm²

Fired mechanical strength at 1050 ºC: 37.4 N/mm²

Thermal expansion coefficient at 1050 ºC (25–500 ºC): 73.7 × 10⁻⁷ ºC⁻¹