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Description: Artware Glaze Frit
Oxide | Analysis | Formula | |
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K2O | 0.50% | 0.02 | |
Al2O3 | 7.50% | 0.28 | |
CaO | 7.50% | 0.51 | |
SrO | 7.50% | 0.27 | |
B2O3 | 12.50% | 0.68 | |
SiO2 | 52.50% | 3.31 | |
Na2O | 2.50% | 0.15 | |
MgO | 0.50% | 0.05 | |
ZrO2 | 0.50% | 0.02 | |
Oxide Weight | 346.43 | ||
Formula Weight | 346.43 |
Well balanced clear for colored cone 06-04 hobby glazes.
Ferro provides only approximate formula information:
It contains no lead, zinc, or barium.
Potash/soda/lithium: 5%
Calcium 8%
Strontium Carbonate 5-9%
Alumina 10%
Boron 10-15%
Silica 50-60%
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 |
Fusion Frit F-524
A low fire base glaze, add 10% kaolin, adjust thermal expansion using other frits. |
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. |
Typecodes |
Available from Laguna Clays
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Co-efficient of Linear Expansion | 7.09 |
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Frit Softening Point | 1750F |
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