Fusion Frit FZ-164

Alternate Names: Frit FZ164

Description: Zinc calcium alkaline frit

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
CaO	6.20%	0.28
K2O	6.70%	0.18
MgO	1.40%	0.09
Na2O	3.00%	0.12
ZnO	10.10%	0.32
ZrO2	3.10%	0.06
B2O3	4.90%	0.18
Al2O3	13.20%	0.33
SiO2	51.40%	2.20
Oxide Weight		257.17
Formula Weight		257.17

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1700F Frit Melt-Off: Who is the winner? Not the lead bisilicate!

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Melted balls of 15 frits on a ceramic tile

These were 10g balls melted using our GBMF test. Frit 3602 is lead bisilicate. But it got "smoked" by the Fusion FZ-16 high-zinc, high-boron zero-alumina! Maybe you always thought lead was the best melter. That it produced the most transparent, crystal-clear glass. But that is not what we see here. That being said, notice the lead is not crazing but the FZ-16 is crazing badly, that is a problem for many applications. Notice something else: Each frit has a distinctive melt fingerprint that makes it recognizable in tests like this.

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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	Pemco Frit P-3E12
Materials	Hommel Frit 432
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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