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Kaolin (china clay) is a hydrated aluminum silicate

crystalline mineral (kaolinite) formed over many
millions of years by the hydrothermal
decomposition of granite rocks. Hydrous kaolin is
characterized by its fine particle size, plate like or
lamellar particle shape and chemical inertness.

Clay is used in various industries like rubber, paper,

ceramic, glass, paint , plastic and others. Each
industry requires different grades of clay in terms
of size and content of different minerals. Paper
quoting is the highest value chain and possibly ceramic is more generic.

These pigments are produced through washing system, with water as process medium, to
achieve grit removal and sizing, and provide attrition, filtering and drying.

Silica sand is often produced as a by-product, with uses in glass industry, foundry sand and
construction activities.
Brightness of clay particle fractions is achieved by one or more processes– magnetic
separation, flocculation, or flotation – for removing iron, titanium, organic, and other undesirable
material.

High quality clay products are evaluated based on their particle size range and L value meaning
brightness thereby. Brightness improvement requires reducing ferrous levels as well as
Titanium dioxide. Fe level could be brought down from around 1.5% in the recovered clay to the
desired level of <1% could be achieved. TiO2 levels however was not an issue in this clay. As
regards generation of specific fractions desired by different user industries CDE has undertaken
extensive test work by various classification technologies that the company has evolved over
the years.

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Each clay processing system is custom tailored based on particle size distribution and chemical
composition of the feed.

Typical Characteristics of China Clay

Chemical Levigated Water Natural Water Natural

Analysis China Clay Washed China Clay / washed China Clay /
Powder China Clay Kaolin China Clay Kaolin
Powder Powder Lumps Lumps

Whiteness
90% – 92% 90% – 92% 88% – 90% 90% 88%
(%)

Moisture
< 0.5 < 0.5 < 0.5 < 0.5 < 0.5
(%)

SiO2 (%) 47 to 48 58 to 59 74 to 75 47 to 48 74 to 75

Al2O3 (%) 37 to 39 26 to 27 16 to 17 37 to 39 16 to 17

K2O (%) 3 to 3.2 0.5 to 1 0.5 to 1 3 to 3.2 0.5 to 1

Na2O (%) 0.5 to 1 0.5 to 1 1 to 2 0.5 to 1 1 to 2

CaO (%) 0.1 to 0.2 0.5 to 1 0.5 to 1 0.1 to 0.2 0.5 to 1

MgO (%) 0.2 to 0.3 0.4 to 0.5 0.3 to 0.4 0.2 to 0.3 0.3 to 0.4

LOI (%) 9 to 10 11 to 12 5 to 6 9 to 10 5 to 6
Particle
300 mesh 300 mesh 300 mesh Lumps Lumps
Size

Top cut 50 micron 50 micron 50 micron - -

Applications Paints,  Paints,  Ceramic Paints,  Ceramic

Plastics,  Plastics, Industry, Plastics, Industry,
Paper & Paper &  Rubber Paper &  Rubber
Cosmetics  Cosmetics Industry and Cosmetics  Industry and
Industry Industry many other Industry many other

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