Casting body 0245

ApplicationsCasting
Firing range1000-1150
Chamotte portion0%

 

Casting body 245 is a light to beige coloured firing fine stoneware casting body without chamotte. The recommended firing range is 1000 °C – 1150 °C.
This low sintering casting body is suitable for making garden ceramics and tableware.
The relatively early dense-firing can minimize energy consumption during firing. It is good for combining with throwing body 245.

Casting body 245 is supplied both in powder form (25 kg-bags) as well as readily prepared in liquid form in casting pails.

 

Characteristics of Casting body 0245

Firing colour white-light  
Firing range (°C) 1000 - 1150  
Chamotte portion (%) 0  
Chamotte grain size (mm) 0  
DS (%)* 3  
Firing shrinkage 1070 °C - 4% 1140 °C - 5%
Water absorption 1070 °C - 4% 1140 °C - 0,7%
CTE x 10 -7 °C -1 20 °C - 500 °C (1070 °C) 78
Applications Casting  
Note * DS = Dry shrinkage at 110°C