Tom Buck on mon 30 nov 98
From: Tom Buck
To: Edouard Bastarache
Subject: Re: ilmenite analyses
Thanks, Edoaurd, I do not have the data from individual mines. I knew the
Quebec ilmenite mine was a huge deposit but I am surprised that the grade
is that low. But since it all goes to a Quebec processing
complex/facility, producing rutile, TiO2, and iron byproducts, it is very
unlikely that potters anywhere will encounter such a low-grade ilmenite,
which behaves (in colourant terms) more like an iron oxide material.
For reliable results from Titanium materials, one should prefer
Titanium Dioxide pigment grade, or a rutile material of known analysis.
Tom Buck ) tel: 905-389-2339
& snailmail: 373 East 43rd St. Hamilton ON L8T 3E1 Canada
(westend Lake Ontario, province of Ontario, Canada).
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