Pemco Frit P-283

Alternate Names: Frit 283, Frit P283

Description: High expansion boron free frit

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
CaO	0.30%	0.02
MgO	0.70%	0.06
Na2O	16.60%	0.92
Al2O3	5.90%	0.20
SiO2	76.50%	4.38
Oxide Weight		344.28
Formula Weight		344.28

Notes

Will craze on most ceramic bodies. Used in artware glazes to obtain certain colors that require high sodium and in crackle effects, in glazes for wollastonite bodies and textured floor tile and matte glazes. It has also been adopted by the crystalline glazing community.

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Materials	Ferro Frit 3293
Materials	General Frit GF-106
Materials	Bayer Frit J-239-P
Materials	Fusion Frit F-413
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	Hommel Frit 4GF152E
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.

Data

Co-efficient of Linear Expansion	9.2 x 10-6 (50-450C)
Co-efficient of Linear Expansion	9.2 x 10-6 (50-450C)
Frit Melting Range (C)	1420-1670F
I.F.P. (celsius)	565C

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