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Description: Netherland, Flanders area (Ferro?)
Oxide | Analysis | Formula | |
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CaO | 7.18% | 0.43 | |
B2O3 | 6.42% | 0.31 | |
SiO2 | 54.20% | 3.03 | |
Al2O3 | 6.07% | 0.20 | |
Na2O | 2.03% | 0.11 | |
K2O | 3.93% | 0.14 | |
MgO | 0.24% | 0.02 | |
PbO | 19.93% | 0.30 | |
Oxide Weight | 335.91 | ||
Formula Weight | 335.91 |
Materials |
Frit
Frits are made by melting mixes of raw materials, quenching the melt in water, grinding the pebbles into a powder. Frits have chemistries raw materials cannot. |
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Typecodes |
Leaded Frit
Frits can contain 1% or 80% PbO so this category can be misleading, check the chemistry to find out. |
Typecodes |
Frit
A frit is the powdered form a man-made glass. Frits are premelted, then ground to a glass. They have tightly controlled chemistries, they are available for glazes of all types. |
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