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Excerpt from Technologic Papers of the Bureau of Standards, Vol. 1: The Effect of Preliminary Heating Treatment Upon the Drying of Clays
Equally important with the degree to which this condition of the cementing substance IS developed 15 the amount and character of the nonplastic constituentst the clay which affect the plas ticity as well as the resulting density of the clay body. This inert mineral matter, consisting of grains of quartz, feldspar, mica, limestone, pyrites, augite, hornblende, etc. Not only dilutes the plastic clay substance, but by virtue of its granulometric com position, becomes a prominent factor 1n determining the resulting plasticity, drying shrinkage, ease of drying, and final density.
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