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Ferro Frit CC-279-3 (approx)

Alternate Names: Frit CC-279

Description: Fluorine lithium strontium zircon borate frit

Oxide Analysis Formula
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

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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