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Alternate Names: Frit CC-279
Description: Fluorine lithium strontium zircon borate frit
Oxide | Analysis | Formula | |
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Li2O | 2.50% | 0.19 | |
F | 2.50% | 0.30 | |
SiO2 | 52.50% | 2.01 | |
B2O3 | 17.50% | 0.58 | |
Na2O | 7.50% | 0.28 | |
K2O | 5.00% | 0.12 | |
CaO | 7.50% | 0.31 | |
MgO | 0.50% | 0.03 | |
SrO | 2.50% | 0.06 | |
Al2O3 | 7.50% | 0.17 | |
ZnO | 0.50% | 0.01 | |
ZrO2 | 0.50% | 0.01 | |
Oxide Weight | 245.22 | ||
Formula Weight | 245.22 |
This is a USA pottery frit. Lagunaclay.com sells it in small quantities as of 2019. They claim this to be a "Cone 07-06 all-fritted glossy glazes."
Ferro only publishes an approximate analysis, that is shown here.
This is for fritted or highly fritted clear glazes.
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 |
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. |
Typecodes |
Available from Laguna Clays
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URLs |
https://digitalfire.com/4sight/datasheets/ferropotteryfrits2008.pdf
Ferro Pottery Frits 2008 |
Co-efficient of Linear Expansion | 8.32 x 10-6 |
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