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raku without gerstly borath

updated tue 11 apr 00

 

Sharon31 on mon 10 apr 00

Once, again,
this unG.B. glaze for raku, bI did not succeed to convert it to north
American materials without using soluble materials.Tom buck told me that
frit F 15 is avilable, it is somehow similar to the frit I work with.
Raku Glaze
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FRIT 6004........... 70.00 70.00%
WOLLASTONITE........ 30.00 30.00%
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100.00

CaO 0.51* 14.48%
K2O 0.23* 10.85%
Na2O 0.26* 8.05%
Al2O3 0.05 2.45%
B2O3 0.51 17.85%
SiO2 1.53 46.32%

Si:Al 32.10
SiB:Al 42.78
Expan 11.18

Notes:
Apply thick for larg crakles( from Yehuda Koren)
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Frit 6004
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Na2O................ 11.50 11.50%
K2O................. 3.50 3.50%
K2O................. 15.50 15.50%
Si2O3............... 44.00 44.00%
B2O3................ 25.50 25.50%
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100.00
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FRIT F-15
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K2O................. 3.60 3.60%
Na2O................ 2.60 2.60%
B2O3................ 23.00 23.00%
Al2O3............... 3.81 3.81%
SiO2................ 67.00 66.99%
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100.01

Ababi
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