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Description: LEADED FRIT
Oxide | Analysis | Formula | |
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CaO | 4.65% | 0.31 | |
K2O | 1.70% | 0.07 | |
Na2O | 1.69% | 0.10 | |
PbO | 31.64% | 0.52 | |
B2O3 | 13.02% | 0.69 | |
Al2O3 | 3.17% | 0.12 | |
SiO2 | 44.13% | 2.72 | |
Oxide Weight | 370.39 | ||
Formula Weight | 370.39 |
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. |
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Materials |
Ferro Frit 3417
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Materials |
Ferro Frit 3493
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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. |
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