Feldspar

Feldspars typically contain 5% or more free silica and thus pose similar hazards to quartz. They are employed in large percentages in almost all clay bodies and in most glazes. There are hundreds of different brand names, try to get a quartz content figure from your supplier.

Out Bound Links

• (Hazards) Quartz, Crystalline Silica Toxicity
  Overview of quartz hazards in the ceramic industry...

In Bound Links

• (Materials - Lung damage) Soda Feldspar - Na2O.Al2O3.6SiO2

  Na-Feldspar, Na Feldspar, Albite

• (Materials - Lung damage) Calcium Feldspar - CaO.Al2O3.4SiO2 or CaAl2Si2O8

  Lime Spar, Lime Feldspar, Ca-Feldspar

• (Materials) Feldspar
• (Materials) Potash Feldspar - K2O.Al2O3.6SiO2

  K-Feldspar, Orthoclase, K Feldspar, Potassium Feldspar

• (Materials - Lung damage) Spodumene - Li2O.Al2O3.4SiO2 or LiAl(Si2O6)
• (Materials) Pegmatite
• (Materials) Feldspath ICE 10