Frit Fsb571

Description: Leadless Calcium Borosilicate Frit

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
SiO2	56.50%	4.10
Al2O3	12.00%	0.51
B2O3	18.00%	1.13
Na2O	3.50%	0.25
MgO	0.50%	0.05
CaO	9.00%	0.70
Oxide Weight		433.96
Formula Weight		433.96

Notes

One of the few frits available to potters in South Africa. It is similar to 3124 and 3195 but with less KNaO and CaO (likely a higher temperature).

Chemistry not given on suppliers website, this was found at https://glazy.org/materials/15513

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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.

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