Kaolin, Meta Kaolin & Calcined Kaolin (Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄)

High-performance clay minerals for ceramics, paints, paper, and construction

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Key industries

Ceramics

Ceramics

Paints and coatings

Paints & Coatings

Construction

Construction

Paper

Paper

Wall putty

Wall Putty

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Primary uses

  • White-firing clay for ceramics, tiles, and sanitaryware
  • Extender and opacifier in paints and coatings
  • Improves strength and printability in paper; pozzolanic binder in construction

Ceramics

  • Improves plasticity and green strength in ceramic bodies
  • Calcined grades for high-temperature stability
  • Metakaolin for high-performance cement and construction systems
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Characteristics

  • Fine platy particle morphology
  • High brightness in processed grades
  • Metakaolin is strongly pozzolanic

Ceramics

  • Fires white with controlled shrinkage
  • Low grit in processed ceramic grades
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Key properties

  • Hydrous aluminium silicate
  • Platy high-aspect-ratio particles
  • Chemically inert in coatings
  • Refractory when calcined
  • Low abrasion in fine grades

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