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  • Sio-2 | UPSALA Blue Porcelain
  • Sio-2 | UPSALA Blue Porcelain

    Sio-2 | UPSALA Blue Porcelain

    Regular price $39.82
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    Pickup available at Vancouver

    Upsala is a unique blue porcelain noted for its beautiful cobalt blue. It has high plasticity, which makes it ideal for wheel-throwing and modelling. Its formula is very stable and provides a secure firing range between 1200 and 1240ºC (oxidizing atmosphere). Suitable for tableware (food-safe), according to ISO 6486:1999. Available in extruded body (moist form). Presented in a practical 11 lb (5 kg) cylindrical format with double packaging.

    Firing - Ceramic kiln high fire
    Weight/Volume - 11 lbs - 5 kg
    Grog - No grog
    State - Moist form (plastic body)
    Stiffness - For wheel throwing and handbuilding

    Firing range: Cone 6-7 (2192º-2264ºF / 1200-1240ºC)
    BBisque firing temperature: Cone 06 (1832ºF / 1000ºC)
    Water content: 21%
    Plasticity (IP Atterberg): 11
    Carbonate content (CaCO3): 0%
    Drying shrinkage: 5.2%
    Firing shrinkage (1220ºC): 10.4%
    Porosity (water absorption at 1220ºC): 0.0%
    Dry bending strength: 3.3 N/mm2
    Fired bending strength (1220ºC): 47.2 N/mm2
    Thermal coefficient (25-500ºC): 58.3x10^-7ºC^-1