Body 579 is a brown to black firing stoneware quality with 40 % chamotte 0 – 2.0 mm. The recommended firing range is 1000 °C – 1120 °C.
The plastic body is suitable for building-up large-sized pieces. The dark colour of the fired body shows to advantage unglazed. A rustic surface design is possible because of the coarse chamotte.
Characteristics of Ceramic body 0579
| Firing colour | brown-black | |
| Firing range (°C) | 1000 - 1120 | |
| Chamotte portion (%) | 40 | |
| Chamotte grain size (mm) | 0 - 2 | |
| DS (%)* | 6 | |
| Firing shrinkage | 1070 °C - 5% | |
| Water absorption | 1070 °C - 7% | |
| CTE x 10 -7 °C -1 | 20 °C - 500 °C (1070 °C) | 74 |
| Applications | Modelling | |
| Note | * DS = Dry shrinkage at 110°C |

