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French: chamotte

English translation: chamotte, grog or firesand







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French term or phrase:chamotte
English translation:chamotte, grog or firesand
Entered by:SusanMurray
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Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing / Article about recycling heatproof products.
French term or phrase: chamotte
Context: "Par valorisation de déchets, XXX propose un produit qui coûte un peu plus de 2.5 euro/kg sous forme de chamotte."
The Kudoz glossary gives "calcine" for chamotte in connection with ceramics. Is this the right word here?
Thanks in advance.
Jenny Forbes
United Kingdom
chamotte, grog or firesand
Explanation:
Not an expert but there are several hits for 'chamotte ceramics"
For example:

Spectral emissivity of materials: a) chamotte ceramics: 1) ultra-. lightweight chamotte (T = 1400 K); 2) lightweight chamotte (T = 1500 ...
www.springerlink.com/index/RG86213052628V6L.pdf

A constant-temperature quartz oven with a heat-insulating case of chamotte ceramics was employed in. recording the RS spectra at above room temperatures. ...
www.springerlink.com/index/R6U5467350874266.pdf

The effect of refractory chamotte, granite screenings, and dolomite additives on alkali resistance and other properties of ceramics materials synthesized on ...
cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13622256

Grog (also called firesand or chamotte) is a ceramic raw material. It can be produced by firing selected clays to high temperature before grinding and ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grog_(clay)
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SusanMurray
France
Note from asker to answerer
Thank you, Susan. I used "chamotte", but I liked the idea of "grog"!
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chamotte, grog or firesand

Explanation:
Not an expert but there are several hits for 'chamotte ceramics"
For example:

Spectral emissivity of materials: a) chamotte ceramics: 1) ultra-. lightweight chamotte (T = 1400 K); 2) lightweight chamotte (T = 1500 ...
www.springerlink.com/index/RG86213052628V6L.pdf

A constant-temperature quartz oven with a heat-insulating case of chamotte ceramics was employed in. recording the RS spectra at above room temperatures. ...
www.springerlink.com/index/R6U5467350874266.pdf

The effect of refractory chamotte, granite screenings, and dolomite additives on alkali resistance and other properties of ceramics materials synthesized on ...
cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13622256

Grog (also called firesand or chamotte) is a ceramic raw material. It can be produced by firing selected clays to high temperature before grinding and ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grog_(clay)

SusanMurray
France
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Note from asker to answerer
Thank you, Susan. I used "chamotte", but I liked the idea of "grog"!
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