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Description: Barium zinc potash low alumina leaded frit
Oxide | Analysis | Formula | |
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BaO | 37.77% | 0.50 | |
K2O | 4.64% | 0.10 | |
Na2O | 0.03% | - | |
ZnO | 12.03% | 0.30 | |
PbO | 10.89% | 0.10 | |
Al2O3 | 5.03% | 0.10 | |
SiO2 | 29.61% | 1.00 | |
Oxide Weight | 202.96 | ||
Formula Weight | 202.96 |
Used in crystalline glazes, it crystallizes on cooling.
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 |
Degussa Frit 90420
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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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