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mardi 3 août 2010

QIT Blue Dust--Poussière Bleue de QIT

QIT stands for Quebec Iron and Titanium, it owns
an ilmemite mine in northeastern Quebec.
The ore is shipped to Tracy, Quebec where it is
processed to titanium dioxide slags, iron pigs,
steel billets, and steel auto parts. This dust
comes from the reduction kilns in which the ore is
separated into titanium dioxide slag and iron.
The general formula of QIT Blue Dust is as follows:

FEO 33%
SIO2 17%
AL2O3 7.0%
TIO2 33%
CAO 2.0%
MGO 7.0%
KNAO 1.0%
TOTAL 100%

It was 170 mesh sieved.

A theoritical substitution is as follows for
1% of the stuff:

Red Iron Oxide 0.310
Silica 0.020
EPK 0.110
Rutile 0.290
Dolomite 0.050
Magnesium carbonate 0.110
Custer Spar 0.110
Total 1.000

Rouille Glacé Tacheté--Mottled Glossy Rusty Glaze




Custer feldspar 75
Gerstley borate 10
Whiting 10
Silica 5
Total 100

Bentonite 2
QIT Blue Dust 2

Vert Glacé Tacheté--Mottled Glossy Green




Custer feldspar 75
Gerstley borate 10
Whiting 10
Silica 5
Total 100

Bentonite 2
QIT Blue Dust 4

Brun Foncé Glacé Tacheté--Mottled Glossy Dark Brown




Custer feldspar 75
Gerstley borate 10
Whiting 10
Silica 5
Total 100

Bentonite 2
QIT Blue Dust 6

Brun Très Foncé Glacé Tacheté--Mottled Glossy Very Dark Brown



Custer feldspar 75
Gerstley borate 10
Whiting 10
Silica 5
Total 100

Bentonite 2
QIT Blue Dust 8

Brun Très Foncé Glacé Tacheté--Mottled Glossy Very Dark Brown



Custer feldspar 75
Gerstley borate 10
Whiting 10
Silica 5
Total 100

Bentonite 2
QIT Blue Dust 10