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Fire clay
Refractory clays used in ceramics manufacturing / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fire clay is a range of refractory clays used in the manufacture of ceramics, especially fire brick. The United States Environmental Protection Agency defines fire clay very generally as a "mineral aggregate composed of hydrous silicates of aluminium (Al2O3·2SiO2·2H2O) with or without free silica."[1]
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