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i found this frit, looks intersting:

updated sat 3 nov 01

 

Ababi on fri 2 nov 01


While I was wandring in
http://www.digitalfire.com/material/index.htm
I found this frit, looks intersting:
http://www.digitalfire.com/material/m-01m1w1.htm
Frit P2954
Supplier: Potterycrafts
Family: 5-Frit
Raw Weight
Includes LOI: 82.8

Chemistry
CaO 27.10% [0.40]
B2O3 50.44% [0.60]
Al2O3 4.78% 0.04
SiO2 17.68% 0.24
Total 100.00
Calcium Borate Frit
Notes
Firing Range: 1050 - 1160 C
Chemistry similar to colemanite

I do not know how it behaves, does it spit like the colemanite or like
soluble like the higher than 30% B2O3 frits I know.
Perhaps any of our UK representatives can find out for the rest of us.
Ababi