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Ceramic body 551 is a light red to dark red firing stoneware quality with 40 % chamotte 0 – 0.2 mm. The recommended firing range is 1000 °C – 1240 °C. The plastic body is very well suitable for building-up smaller to medium-sized pieces and for throwing of large pieces on the potter’s wheel. The warm red colour of the fired body is kept even at higher temperatures.
Characteristics of Ceramic body 0551
| Firing colour | red | ||
| Firing range (°C) | 1000 - 1240 | ||
| Chamotte portion (%) | 40 | ||
| Chamotte grain size (mm) | 0 - 0,2 | ||
| DS (%)* | 6 | ||
| Firing shrinkage | 1140 °C - 6% | 1200 °C - 7% | 1240 °C - 7% |
| Water absorption | 1140 °C - 4% | 1200 °C - 2% | 1240 °C - 0,7% |
| CTE x 10 -7 °C -1 | 20 °C - 500 °C (1200 °C) | 67 | |
| Applications | Modelling | ||
| Note | * DS = Dry shrinkage at 110°C |