Phillips Petroleum Company

Orval G Ward

Marshall D Bishop

Lowell A Gray

Earnest W McNickle

A composition of clay, water and an additive chosen from the group consisting of tannin, modified tannin and mixtures thereof. A clay brick made from a composition of clay, water and an additive chosen from the group consisting of tannin, modified tannin and mixtures thereof. A method for producing clay bricks in which a composition comprising clay, water and an additive chosen from the group consisting of tannin, modified tannin and mixtures thereof is prepared. A clay brick made by a method in which a composition comprising clay, water and an additive chosen from the group consisting of tannin, modified tannin and mixtures thereof is prepared. A method for producing brick in which the water content necessary to facilitate the extrusion of a plastic mixture of clay and water is reduced by incorporating an additive chosen from the group consisting of tannin, modified tannin and mixtures thereof into the plastic mixture of clay and water.

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Bartlesville, OK, United States of America

Orval G Ward