P29 Frit

Alternate Names: P29 Bly-bi-silikat, Frit P29

Description: Lead alumina bilsilicate frit

Was available in Norway, manufacturer unknown. Info from http://www.potters.org/subject70375.htm

Related Information

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	Lead Bisilicate Frit A standard frit of 1 molar part of PbO and 2 of SiO2. It is considered stable and non-leachable.
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.

Frit Melting Range (C)	900-1100

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