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Alternate Names: Fusion Frit F541
Description: Fast fire opaque frit
Oxide | Analysis | Formula | |
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CaO | 8.50% | 0.51 | |
K2O | 3.00% | 0.11 | |
MgO | 1.00% | 0.08 | |
Na2O | 3.00% | 0.16 | |
SrO | 4.20% | 0.14 | |
ZrO2 | 11.00% | 0.30 | |
B2O3 | 5.60% | 0.27 | |
Al2O3 | 11.00% | 0.36 | |
SiO2 | 52.70% | 2.95 | |
Oxide Weight | 336.58 | ||
Formula Weight | 336.58 |
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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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. |
Glossary |
Fast Fire Glazes
Industrial ceramics are fired very quickly and require minimal micro bubbles and zero pinholes and blisters. Fast fire late melting glazes accomplish that. |
Co-efficient of Linear Expansion | 7.23 x 10-6 |
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Frit Softening Point | 1825F |
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