QIT Blue Dust
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
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Molecular Formula of the Base
Na2O 0.14 Al2O3 0.45 SiO2 3.39
K2O 0.14 P2O5 0.0
MgO 0.01 TiO2 0.0
CaO 0.72
Alumina:Silica ratio is 1.00:7.59
Neutral:Acid ratio is 1.00:7.61
Alk:Neut:Acid ratio is 1.00:0.45:3.40
Expansion: 76.0 x 10e-7 per degree C
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Celadon Vert Pâle
Custer feldspar 25
Kona F-4 25
Whiting 20
EPK 10
Silica 20
Total 100
Bentonite 1
QIT Blue Dust 2
Celadon Vert Pâle
Custer feldspar 25
Kona F-4 25
Whiting 20
EPK 10
Silica 20
Total 100
Bentonite 1
QIT Blue Dust 4
Celadon Vert Pâle
Custer feldspar 25
Kona F-4 25
Whiting 20
EPK 10
Silica 20
Total 100
Bentonite 1
QIT Blue Dust 6
Celadon Vert Pâle
Custer feldspar 25
Kona F-4 25
Whiting 20
EPK 10
Silica 20
Total 100
Celadon Vert Pâle
Custer feldspar 25
Kona F-4 25
Whiting 20
EPK 10
Silica 20
Total 100
Bentonite 1
QIT Blue Dust 10
