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Description: Calcium borate frit
Oxide | Analysis | Formula | |
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CaO | 17.97% | 0.68 | |
K2O | 4.88% | 0.11 | |
Na2O | 6.13% | 0.21 | |
B2O3 | 20.01% | 0.61 | |
Al2O3 | 1.45% | 0.03 | |
SiO2 | 49.56% | 1.75 | |
Oxide Weight | 212.32 | ||
Formula Weight | 212.32 |
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 |
Ferro Frit 3134
A frit with 23% B2O3. The most common of frits used in pottery in North America. Around the world, other companies make frits of equivalent chemistry. |
Materials |
Fusion Frit F-12
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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. |
Co-efficient of Linear Expansion | 84.9 x 10-7 C (Appen) |
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Frit Softening Point | 920-1000C |
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