The Characteristics of Refractory Clays for the Glass Industry

JSGT 1928 V12 T213-T280

 It was clear that experiments designed to give a significantly extended view of the properties of refractory clays compared with that held at present could only be successful with reference to the clays actually used, while, on the other hand, the significance of the individual factors on the properties of refractory clays in use would have to be specially determined. It is important, further, that all the properties should be tested on one and the same clay sample. On this ground, therefore, published information on the properties of clays has not been used, on principle. The requirements which must be satisfied by a refractory clay for use as a raw material in the glass industry are as follows: good plasticity and binding power, high refractoriness and satisfactory resistance to attack by batch and glass.

G. Gehlhoff, H. Kalsing, K. Litzow & M. Thomas (Translated by J. H. Davidson)