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Materials for Ceramics

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General Frit GF-18

Alternate Names: Frit 18, Frit GF18

Description: Leaded calcium frit for cone 01-5 dinnerware glazes

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
CaO	10.46%	0.57
K2O	2.73%	0.09
Na2O	1.99%	0.10
PbO	17.22%	0.24
B2O3	7.83%	0.35
Al2O3	6.23%	0.19
SiO2	53.53%	2.74
Oxide Weight		307.92
Formula Weight		307.92

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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.
Materials	Ferro Frit 3565
Materials	Pemco Frit Pb-349
Materials	Fusion Frit FL-4
Materials	Ferro Frit 3509
Materials	Hommel Frit 468
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	6.30
Frit Softening Point	1950F

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