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FUSED SILICA
Fused silica is an amorphous siliceous glass produced by high temperature fusion of high quality crystalline silica (quartz). This fusion produces a substance characterised by very low thermal expansion and a high resistance to temperature and thermal shock. Fused silica is employed in a variety of industrial applications including foundry (investment casting slurry and stucco, and mould release agent), refractory and ceramic (crucibles, saggars, rollers, pouring cups, ceramic cores, gas fire radiants and items for steel, nonferrous metal and glass industries), and filler (electronic and adhesives). Dupr Minerals realised early on that the secret of manufacturing investment powder lay in the quality of the raw materials available. The company has carried out an extensive global sourcing project and has located what it considers to be some of the highest quality refractories so far made available to investment foundries. These include Fused Silica produced from quartz of exceptional purity with an SiO2 content of 99.9%. The source also has particularly low iron, potassium and sodium oxides and such a low trace element content to fall well within Aerospace specifications. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS SiO2 TiO2 Al2O3 Fe2O3 CaO MgO K2O >99.8% <0.01% <0.02% <0.01% <0.01% <0.02% <0.01% Na2O P2O5 Cr2O5 Mn3O4 ZrO2 HfO2 PbO <0.03% <0.02% <0.01% <0.01% <0.02% <0.01% <0.02% ZnO BaO SrO SnO2 CuO LOI (1025C)
Approx. SO3 after LOI and Fusion

<0.01% <0.01% <0.01% <0.01% <0.01% <0.10% <0.05%

TRACE ELEMENTS Silver Tin Zinc <20 ppm <20 ppm <25 ppm Bismuth Lead <1 ppm <10 ppm Iron Antimony <50 ppm <10 ppm

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PRECISION CASTING

Fused Silica
4/10 Grade (4 1.7mm) BSS % Mesh 4 0 15 6 25 50 10 45 70 30 1 15 10/20 Grade (1.7 0.85mm) BSS % Mesh 8 02 10 0 20 16 20 50 20 10 30 52 05 -52 01 PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION GRAIN GRADES 30/50 Grade 20/50 Grade (0.5 0.3mm) (0.85 0.3mm) BSS BSS % % Mesh Mesh 25 20 35 30 35 70 36 20 40 70 25 60 52 15 30 100 05 85 0 20 200 01 -350 0 0.5 -350 01 50/100 Grade (0.3 0.15mm) BSS % Mesh 52 0-2 100 75 - 90 150 5 - 15 200 0-3 -350 0-1 -30 Grade (0.5mm) BSS % Mesh 30 0.5 - 5 -70 15 - 35 -200 0-1

PRECISION CASTING

PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION FLOUR GRADES -120 Grade -200 Grade -325 Grade (125m) (75m) (53m) d10 6.06 m d10 4.00 m d10 2.84 m d50 39.7 m d50 26.07 m d50 15.19 m d90 124.5 m d90 81.53 m d90 55.4 m BSS BSS BSS % % % Mesh Mesh Mesh 100 4 12 150 02 325 02 150 10 20 200 2 10 -325 98 100 200 10 20 325 15 22 325 15 25 -325 64 83 -325 40 55

Information presented above is given in good faith as accurate and reliable but is not to be taken as a guarantee. The figures provided are intended to be a guide to expected average values and should not be interpreted as a specification. Any potential applications referred to are not to be construed as recommendations. It is the responsibility of the user to determine suitability for any specific purpose.

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Dupr Minerals Ltd. Spencroft Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. ST5 9JE Telephone: +44 (0) 1782 383100 Fax: +44 (0) 1782 383101 E-mail: info@dupre-vermiculite.co.uk