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Materials for Ceramics

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Hommel Frit 71

Description: LEADED FRIT

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
CaO	0.05%	-
K2O	1.08%	0.03
Na2O	1.43%	0.07
PbO	70.25%	0.90
Al2O3	2.10%	0.06
SiO2	25.09%	1.19
Oxide Weight		285.58
Formula Weight		285.58

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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	11.60
Frit Softening Point	1260F

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