angela-debrow-bindery/basin-pigment-density.json

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{
"title": "Basin Pigment Density Constants",
"author": "Angela Debrow",
"location": "Phoenix, Arizona",
"date": "2026-07-17",
"purpose": "Machine-readable constants for computing binder-to-pigment mass ratios in hematite-based earth paints",
"mineral": {
"wikidata": "Q103223",
"slug": "hematite",
"chemical_formula": "Fe2O3",
"cas_registry": "1317-60-8",
"crystal_system": "trigonal",
"density_bulk_g_cm3": 5.26,
"named_after": ["blood", "stone"]
},
"compound_reference": {
"wikidata": "Q419170",
"slug": "iron-iii-oxide",
"cas_registry": "1309-37-1",
"chemical_formula": "Fe2O3"
},
"packing_theory": {
"critical_packing_density": 0.74,
"theory": "Kepler conjecture (sphere packing)",
"note": "Above this PVC, binder starvation causes microcracking"
},
"binders_common": {
"linseed_oil_raw": {"density_g_cm3": 0.94, "use_case": "standard landscape"},
"linseed_stand": {"density_g_cm3": 0.96, "use_case": "flexible film"},
"walnut_oil": {"density_g_cm3": 0.93, "use_case": "light-sensitive work"},
"dammar_varnish": {"density_g_cm3": 1.08, "use_case": "glazing medium"}
},
"formula": {
"mass_ratio": "(rho_binder / (rho_hematite * purity_frac)) * (PVC / (1 - PVC))",
"variables": {
"rho_hematite": "5.26 g/cm³ (base)",
"purity_frac": "0.0 to 1.0 (typical basin soil: 0.850.95)",
"PVC": "target pigment volume concentration (recommended: 0.74)"
}
},
"worked_example": {
"scenario": "200g Phoenix Basin soil at 90% purity, linseed oil binder",
"effective_rho": 4.734,
"pvc_target": 0.74,
"computed_ratio": 0.565,
"mix_instruction": "113g binder : 200g pigment"
},
"sources": [
"https://4ort.xyz/entity/hematite",
"https://4ort.xyz/entity/iron-iii-oxide",
"Encyclopædia Britannica 11th ed. (De Re Metallica lineage)"
]
}