Ferro Frit CC-279-3 (approx)

Alternate Names: Frit CC-279

Description: Fluorine lithium strontium zircon borate frit

Oxide	Analysis	Formula	Tolerance
Li2O	2.50%	0.19	2.5
F	2.50%	0.30	2.5
SiO2	52.50%	2.01	2.5
B2O3	17.50%	0.58	2.5
Na2O	7.50%	0.28	2.5
K2O	5.00%	0.12	2.5
CaO	7.50%	0.31	2.5
MgO	0.50%	0.03	.5
SrO	2.50%	0.06	2.5
Al2O3	7.50%	0.17	2.5
ZnO	0.50%	0.01	.5
ZrO2	0.50%	0.01	2.5
Oxide Weight		245.22
Formula Weight		245.22

Notes

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.

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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.
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
URLs	https://digitalfire.com/4sight/datasheets/ferropotteryfrits2008.pdf Ferro Pottery Frits 2008

Data

Co-efficient of Linear Expansion	8.32 x 10-6

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