Chemical, Mineralogical, and Refractory Characterization of Kaolin in the Regions of Huayacocotla-Alumbres, Mexico

Table 2

Oxide percentage of kaolin majority elements of Alumbres.

Alumbres zone, oxides % (SD)
Sample	SiO2	Al2O3	FeO (T)	TiO2	CaO	K2O	Na2O	SO2
A-RMC-25	60.9 (1.5)	13.6 (1.4)	14.0 (0.7)	0.4 (0.1)	0.1 (0.1)	1.6 (0.29)	0.1 (0.1)	0.5 (0.2)
A-RMC-26	41.6 (1.9)	16.3 (1.3)	19.0 (0.4)	1.2 (0.1)	0.2 (0.3)	1.5 (0.2)	0.1 (0.0)	0.4 (0.2)
A-RMC-27	68.9 (1.8)	16.6 (1.5)	0.5 (0.5)	0.2 (0.0)	0.1 (0.1)	1.5 (0.1)	0.4 (0.1)	0.3 (0.1)
A-RMC-28	87.7 (2.5)	11.5 (1.6)	0.2 (0.1)	0.3 (0.1)	0.1 (0.1)	0.7 (0.1)	0.4 (0.2)	0.3 (0.1)
A-RMC-29	60.6 (1.8)	36.0 (1.3)	0.3 (0.0)	1.3 (0.3)	0.1 (0.1)	0.1 (0.2)	0.4 (0.1)	0.3 (0.1)
A-RMC-30	73.6 (1.9)	21.4 (1.5)	0.2 (0.1)	0.3 (0.0)	0.2 (0.2)	0.6 (0.1)	0.2 (0.0)	0.6 (0.2)
A-RMC-31	78.5 (1.5)	21.4 (1.8)	0.1 (0.0)	0.2 (0.0)	0.2 (0.2)	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.0)	0.1 (0.0)
A-RMC-38	87.8 (2.1)	7.8 (1.9)	1.5 (0.2)	0.4 (0.1)	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.2)	0.1 (0.0)	0.4 (0.1)
A-RMC-39	51.2 (1.8)	31.3 (1.3)	6.3 (0.2)	1.3 (0.3)	0.4 (0.6)	0.1 (0.0)	0.3 (0.0)	0.4 (0.1)
A-RMC-40	78.7 (2.1)	18.6 (1.5)	0.2 (0.2)	0.3 (0.2)	0.4 (0.6)	0.7 (0.1)	0.1 (0.0)	0.4 (0.2)
A-RMC-41	58.6 (1.6)	22.6 (1.2)	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.0)	0.4 (0.5)	1.7 (0.2)	0.4 (0.0)	0.4 (0.1)
A-RMC-42	83.4 (2.1)	13.4 (1.7)	0.1 (0.0)	0.4 (0.2)	0.1 (0.1)	1.2 (0.4)	0.2 (0.0)	0.4 (0.2)
A-RMC-43	84.5 (1.8)	10.7 (1.9)	0.1 (0.1)	0.1 (0.0)	0.3 (0.4)	0.8 (0.2)	0.2 (0.0)	0.4 (0.2)
A-RMC-44	51.3 (1.8)	26.4 (1.3)	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.1)	0.4 (0.6)	1.5 (0.2)	0.1 (0.0)	0.4 (0.2)
A-RMC-45	72.5 (1.7)	22.4 (1.5)	0.1 (0.1)	0.2 (0.2)	0.4 (0.5)	0.4 (0.6)	0.1 (0.0)	0.4 (0.1)
Mean	69.3 (14.6)	19.3 (7.8)	2.9 (5.8)	0.5 (0.4)	0.2 (0.1)	0.8 (0.6)	0.2 (0.1)	0.4 (0.1)

FeO (T) was determined as total iron.