General Frit GF-111

Alternate Names: Frit 111, Frit GF111

Description: SODIUM CALCIUM BOROSILICATE

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
CaO	20.04%	0.68
Na2O	10.28%	0.32
B2O3	23.30%	0.64
SiO2	46.37%	1.48
Oxide Weight		191.18
Formula Weight		191.18

Notes

A lime and borate source in partially fritted glazes, lead bisilicate glazes and low cost hobby glazes cone 02-10.

Low alumina makes room for blending kaolin to harden the glaze and impart excellent application properties.

See also: TAM C-14

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Materials	Hommel Frit 242
Materials	Pemco Frit P-54
Materials	Fusion Frit F-12
Materials	Ferro Frit 3134 A frit with 23% B2O3. The most common of frits used in pottery in North America. Around the world, other companies make frits of equivalent chemistry.
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.

Data

Co-efficient of Linear Expansion	9.60
Frit Softening Point	1450F

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