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Zinc Borate

Oxide Analysis Formula
ZnO 37.40% 1.00
B2O3 48.10% 1.50
H2O 14.50%n/a
Oxide Weight 186.09
Formula Weight 217.65

Notes

A powerful flux in ceramics.
There are a number of Chinese manufacturers who make it for other markets (environmental protection, flame retardants, rubber, plastics). You can find them on alibaba.com. Its wikipedia page (link below) enumerates the markets, you may be able to find a local importer by researching them.

Related Information

Links

Hazards Zinc Compounds Toxicology
URLs http://www.e1.greatlakes.com/freb/common/pdf/ZB-467_ds.pdf
Zinc Borate Data Sheet Example
URLs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_borate
Zinc Borate at Wikipedia
Typecodes Generic Material
Generic materials are those with no brand name. Normally they are theoretical, the chemistry portrays what a specimen would be if it had no contamination. Generic materials are helpful in educational situations where students need to study material theory (later they graduate to dealing with real world materials). They are also helpful where the chemistry of an actual material is not known. Often the accuracy of calculations is sufficient using generic materials.
Typecodes Flux Source
Materials that source Na2O, K2O, Li2O, CaO, MgO and other fluxes but are not feldspars or frits. Remember that materials can be flux sources but also perform many other roles. For example, talc is a flux in high temperature glazes, but a matting agent in low temperatures ones. It can also be a flux, a filler and an expansion increaser in bodies.
Materials Boroflux
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