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Frit FA-233-2 (approx)

Alternate Names: Frit FA233-2

Description: Zircon opacified zinc borate frit for opaque glazes

Oxide Analysis Formula
SiO2 47.50% 2.64
B2O3 17.50% 0.84
Na2O 2.50% 0.13
K2O 0.50% 0.02
CaO 12.50% 0.74
Al2O3 7.50% 0.25
ZnO 2.50% 0.10
ZrO2 12.50% 0.34
Oxide Weight 344.30
Formula Weight 344.30

Notes

This is a USA pottery frit.
As of 2008 Ferro only published an approximate analysis, that is shown here.

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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 7.04
Frit Softening Point 1650F
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