Ferro Frit 5301

Alternate Names: F5301, Frit 501E34, Frit 5301-2

Description: Very high expansion leadless fluorine frit

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
CaO	2.36%	0.13
K2O	5.53%	0.18
Na2O	14.03%	0.69
B2O3	12.48%	0.55
Al2O3	12.08%	0.36
SiO2	44.49%	2.26
F	9.00%	1.45
Oxide Weight		305.66
Formula Weight		305.66

Notes

This is a USA pottery frit, Ferro now calls it Frit 5301-2.
Formerly Frit 4101
The fluorine content seems to be impossibly high, likely an error.

Useful in high expansion crackle glazes at 06 or to deal with shivering in other glazes.

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Materials	Fusion Frit F-102
Materials	Pemco Frit P-1084
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 5325P
Materials	Ferro Frit 4194
Materials	Ferro Frit 1012
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.
URLs	https://digitalfire.com/4sight/datasheets/ferropotteryfrits2008.pdf Ferro Pottery Frits 2008

Data

Co-efficient of Linear Expansion	11.41 (50-450C)
Frit Melting Range (C)	1400-1500F

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