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Materials for Ceramics

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Hommel Frit 493

Description: Leaded calcium borosilicate frit

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
CaO	9.35%	0.67
K2O	1.03%	0.04
Na2O	0.29%	0.02
PbO	15.15%	0.27
B2O3	29.65%	1.70
Al2O3	5.00%	0.20
SiO2	39.53%	2.63
Oxide Weight		399.75
Formula Weight		399.75

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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	Leaded Frit Frits can contain 1% or 80% PbO so this category can be misleading, check the chemistry to find out.
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.

Data

Co-efficient of Linear Expansion	5.50
Frit Softening Point	1300F

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