Unit

Temperature ˚C

Drying Shrinkage (%)

Firing Shrinkage (%)

Loss of Ignition (%)

Bending strength N/mm2

Water Absorption %

U1 (A Mkt)

850

0.11%

0.3

7.2

2.3

10.73

900

0.66

7.24

5.52

15.64

950

0.90

7.13

10.21

16.98

1000

0.90

7.6

10.52

18.73

U2 (H Mkt)

850

0.28%

0.5

17.2

3.3

26.18

900

0.18

18.0

4.08

28.01

950

0.08

19.8

4.8

30.4

1000

0.02

20.0

5.25

31.7

U3 (SMkt)

850

0.25%

0.70

17.61

5.4

16.55

900

0.85

17.99

9.42

18.88

950

1.98

18.4

10.01

20.9

1000

1.22

18.51

12.68

21.19