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
Formula of the Base :
Brun/Noir Glacé
Custer feldspar 25
Nepheline syenite 25
Cornwall Stone 25
Whiting 10
Frit 3134 10
Silica 5
Bentonite 4
QIT Blue Dust 12
Noir Glacé
Custer feldspar 25
Nepheline syenite 25
Cornwall Stone 25
Whiting 10
Frit 3134 10
Silica 5
Bentonite 4
QIT Blue Dust 14
Brun/Noir Glacé
Custer feldspar 25
Nepheline syenite 25
Cornwall Stone 25
Whiting 10
Frit 3134 10
Silica 5
Bentonite 4
QIT Blue Dust 16
Rouille/ Noir Glacé
Custer feldspar 25
Nepheline syenite 25
Cornwall Stone 25
Whiting 10
Frit 3134 10
Silica 5
Bentonite 4
QIT Blue Dust 18
Rouille/Noir Glacé
Custer feldspar 25
Nepheline syenite 25
Cornwall Stone 25
Whiting 10
Frit 3134 10
Silica 5
Bentonite 4
QIT Blue Dust 20
