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ShopRCA is for use by Royal College of Art students and staff only

The RCA Shops will be closed for the Christmas and New Year period between 21/12/24 - 05/01/25

ShopRCA is for use by Royal College of Art students and staff only

The RCA Shops will be closed for the Christmas and New Year period between 21/12/24 - 05/01/25

Ceramics Raw Materials

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    China Clay

    A good general purpose kaolin. Kaolin is a soft white clay that is an essential ingredient in the manufacture of china and porcelain. Named after t...

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    Dolomite

    Natural source of calcium and magnesium. Useful as a secondary flux in porcelain and stoneware glazes. Please read the safety information prior to ...

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  • £5.80

    Soda Ash

    Sodium Carbonate/Soda Ash.  Used as a source of sodium in alkaline glazes. Also, when combined with sodium silicate, this is used in the preparatio...

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  • text reading Ball Clay Blue TWVD
    £1.00

    Ball Clay Blue TWVD

    This is a non carbonaceous clay with excellent workability. It has a thrixotropic nature and if used with other clays it will control the thrixotro...

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  • text reading Ball Clay Hyplas 71
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    Ball Clay Hyplas 71

    A Devon Ball clay with good plasticity, medium strength, and ow in iron content. Fires ivory buff smooth. Recommended for stoneware and earthenware...

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    Cornish Stone

    Cornish Stone is decomposed granite, which is used as a secondary flux in silica glazes and as an alternative to feldspar due to higher content. L...

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    Flint

    Flint is used in ceramics in glazes and in bodies as a source of calcined silica, particularly earthenware type, to which it imparts a good fired w...

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    Calcined Alumina

    Used in ceramics production to increase glaze viscosity, resistance to crystallisation and firing range. Please read the safety information prior t...

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