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Pemco Frit PC-4X63

Description: Low flux high boron/silica low expansion frit

Oxide Analysis Formula
Li2O 1.50% 0.67
K2O 0.10% 0.01
Al2O3 7.00% 0.91
Na2O 1.50% 0.32
SiO2 69.90% 15.39
B2O3 20.00% 3.80
Oxide Weight 1,322.91
Formula Weight 1,322.91

Notes

Suggested recipe cone 03 gas firing:
Frit 93%
Ball Clay 7
Black Glaze Stain 5
CMC 0.2

It appears the melting temperature of 1350C is overstated, it obviously melts earlier.

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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.
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 3.7 x 10-6
Frit Melting Range (C) 1350C
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