MDT: Crystal Glazes

Notes

These materials are specially defined for makers of crystalline glazes. The decision about what materials to include in this table was a result of a consultation project conducted by John Tilton. Many crystal glazers were consulted.

Remember that INSIGHT can accept a variety of names for a material and still be able to find it in the materials database. This is because materials are defined with names and a list of comma-separated alternate names. This database implements the same feature. For example, the material "Bentone MA" specifies an alternate name of "Macaloid", thus if your glazes specify Macaloid as an ingredient INSIGHT will find Bentone MA and get the chemistry there.

Also, INSIGHT will accept materials into a recipe if they are not in the database, it simply does not include them in the chemistry calculations. For materials like binders, this scheme works well. Notice however that we have included some binders in the database without chemistry information.

There are a few materials in the database that are missing chemistry information (frits). When you generate your MDT (at the MDT download page) you can click a link to immediately see a list of materials and their chemistries, the ones missing oxides should be immediately evident. If you know the chemistry of any of these materials please contact us.

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• (Materials - Member) Fusion Frit FZ-647

  Frit FZ647, Frit FZ 647

• (Materials) Alberta Slip - Albany slip substitute

  Archie Bray Slip

• (Materials - Member) Calcined Alumina - Al2O3 - Aluminum oxide

  Alumina Calcined, Calcnd Alum, Ground Alumina, Corundum

• (Materials - Member) Alumina Hydrate - Al2O3.3H2O

  Alum Hydrate, Alumina Trihydrate, Hydrated Alumina, Alpha Aluminum Trihydroxide, Gibbsite

• (Materials - Member) Anhydrous Borax - Na2B4O7 - Fused Borax, Sodium Tetraborate

  Calcined Borax, Dehydrated Borax, Pyrobor

• (Materials - Member) Ball Clay - Highly Plastic Fine Particle Clay
• (Materials - Member) Barium Carbonate - BaCO3

  Barium Carb, Witherite

• (Materials - Member) Bone Ash - Ca5(OH)(PO4)3

  Calcium Phosphate

• (Materials - Member) Borax Pentahydrate - Na2B4O7.5H2O - Etibor-48

  Borax 5 Mol, Sodium Tetraborate, Borax 5-hydrate

• (Materials - Member) Boric Acid - H3BO3 or B2O3.3H2O

  Boracic acid, Orthoboric Acid, Hydrous Boric Oxide

• (Materials - Member) Calcium Carbonate - CaCO3

  Carbonate of Lime, Whiting, Aragonite, Calcite, CaCO3

• (Materials - Member) Cryolite - Na3AlF6

  Cryloite, Sodium Fluoaluminate, Kryolith

• (Materials - Member) Dolomite - CaCO3.MgCO3 or CaMg(CO3)2 - Double carbonate of magnesia/calcia

  Calcium Magnesium Carbonate, Raw Limestone

• (Materials) Fusion Frit F-75 - Bond Frit

  F75 Fusion,Frit F75

• (Materials) Pemco Frit P-283 - High expansion boron free frit

  Frit 283, Frit P283

• (Materials) G-200 Feldspar - Potash/sodium/calcium 200 mesh Feldspar

  G200 Feldspar, G200 Spar, G 200 Spar, G 200, G 200 Feldspar

• (Materials - Member) Borax Decahydrate - Na2B4O7.10H2O

  Sodium TetraBorate Decahydrate, Borax 10-hydrate, 10 Mol Borax, Neobor

• (Materials) Ceramic Rutile - TiO2

  Calcined Rutile, Light Rutile, Rutile Ceramic

• (Materials) Glomax LL Calcined Kaolin - Calcined Kaolin

  Glomax Kaolin, Ajax Glomax Kaolin

• (Materials - Member) Albany Slip - High iron silty low melting clay

  New York Slip, Albany Clay

• (Materials - Member) Amblygonite - Li.AlF.PO4 - Lithium alumino-fluophosphate
• (Materials - Member) Australian Spodumene - Li2O.Al2O3.4SiO2

  Ausi Spodumene, Ausi Spod

• (Materials) Bentolite L - White Firing Bentonite

  Bentolite

• (Materials - Member) Bentone EW - Rheological additive for ceramic glazes
• (Materials - Member) Cobalt Carbonate - CoCO3

  Spherocobaltite, CoCO3, Cobalt(II) carbonate

• (Materials - Member) Cobalt Oxide - CoO

  Cobalt(II) oxide, Cobaltosic Oxide, CoO, cobaltous oxide

• (Materials - Member) Copper Carbonate Basic - CuCO3.Cu(OH)2

  Cupric Carbonate, Copper (II) Carbonate, Azurite

• (Materials - Member) Copper Oxide Black - CuO

  Copper (II) Oxide, Black Copper, BCO, Cupric Oxide

• (Materials - Member) Copper Oxide Red - Cu2O

  Cu2O, Red Copper, RCO, Copper (I) Oxide, Cuprous Oxide

• (Materials - Member) Erbium Oxide

  Lanthanide

• (Materials) A-3 Feldspar - potash feldspar

  A3 Feldspar, Kona A-3 Feldspar, Kona A3 Feldspar

• (Materials - Member) Buckingham Feldspar - Legacy potash feldspar
• (Materials - Member) Delmonte Feldspar

  Del Monte Feldspar

• (Materials - Member) F-4 Feldspar - Sodium Feldspar

  F4 Feldspar, Kona Feldspar, Kona F4, F4 Spar, F 4 Feldspar

• (Materials - Member) Norfloat Feldspar - Potash feldspar

  Norfloat Spar, NORFLOAT Potash Feldspar

• (Materials - Member) Bayer Frit J-239-P - High sodium boron-free high-expansion frit

  Bayer J-239-P

• (Materials - Member) Degussa Frit 15098 - Frit used in crystalline glazes
• (Materials - Member) Degussa Frit 90208M
• (Materials - Member) Degussa Frit 90420M

  90420 Zinkbariumfritte

• (Materials - Member) Ferro Frit 3292 - For Cone 3-5 Sanitary Ware Glazes

  F3292

• (Materials - Member) Ferro Frit 3293
• (Materials - Member) Ferro Frit 4110 - Leadless high expansion high alkali frit, formerly Frit 3110

  Frit KFG 4110

• (Materials - Member) Fusion Frit F644 - High-sodium boron-free frit

  Frit F644

• (Materials - Member) Fusion Frit 413 - High sodium, boron-free, high expansion frit
• (Materials - Member) Fusion Frit 435 - Boron free frit

  Frit 435, Fusion Frit F-435

• (Materials - Member) Fusion Frit FZ-583 - Barium Zinc Zero Boron frit

  Frit FZ583

• (Materials - Member) Heraeus Schauer Frit K 1562 - Lead sodium zero alumina frit
• (Materials - Member) Heraeus Schauer Frit K 1325 - High-sodium low alumina frit

  Frit K1325

• (Materials - Member) Heraeus Schauer Frit K 3066 - Lead sodium zero alumina frit
• (Materials - Member) Mondre and Manz Frit 1233

  Alkalifritte C-1233, Alkalifritte M 1233

• (Materials - Member) Mondre and Manz Frit 4067 - Barium zinc potash low alumina leaded frit
• (Materials - Member) Gerstley Borate - Plastic Calcium Borate

  Colemanite, Calcium Borate, Borocalcite

• (Materials - Member) Grolleg Kaolin - Fine White Burning English Kaolin, English China Clay

  Grolleg China Clay

• (Materials - Member) Iron Chromate - FeO.Cr2O3

  Ferric Chromate, Chromite, Chromate of Iron

• (Materials - Member) Iron Oxide Black - Fe3O4 - Ferrous ferric oxide, Synthetic Magnetite

  Fe3O4, Black Iron Oxide, BIO, Magnetite Powder, Iron(II,III) Oxide

• (Materials - Member) Molochite - Highly Calcined Alumina Silicate
• (Materials - Member) Molybdenum Trioxide - MoO3
• (Materials - Member) Molybdenum Disulfide - MoS2
• (Materials - Member) Praseodymium Oxide

  Lanthanide oxide

• (Materials - Member) Neodymium Oxide

  Lanthanide

• (Materials - Member) Nickel Oxide Green - NiO

  NiO, Nickelous oxide, Green Nickel Oxide

• (Materials - Member) Nickel Oxide Black - Ni2O3

  Ni2O3, Nickelic Oxide, Nickel sesquioxide, Nickel (II) oxide

• (Materials - Member) Nickel Carbonate - NiCO3

  NiCO3

• (Materials - Member) Nytal Talc - Hydrous Magnesium Calcium Silicate
• (Materials - Member) Nepheline Syenite Norwegian - Generic

  North Cape Nepheline Syenite

• (Materials - Member) Redart - Red Firing Earthenware

  Red Art

• (Materials - Member) Silver Nitrate - AgNO3

  AgNO3

• (Materials - Member) Silver Chloride - AgCl
• (Materials - Member) Silver Phosphate - Ag3PO4
• (Materials - Member) Tungsten Sulfide - WS2

  Tungsten(IV) Sulfide

• (Materials - Member) Tungsten Trioxide - WO3

  Tungsten(VI) oxide, Tungsten Oxide

• (Materials - Member) Triuranium Octaoxide - U3O8

  Yellowcake, Uranium Oxide

• (Materials - Member) Uranyl Nitrate - UO2(NO3)2
• (Materials - Member) Vanadium Pentoxide - V2O5

  Vanadium (V) Oxide

• (Materials - Member) Veegum - Glaze Hardener, Binder

  Veegum T, Veegum CER, Veegum Pro

• (Materials - Member) Yellow Ochre - High iron clay

  Hydrated ferric oxide

• (Materials - Member) Zircopax - Zirconium Silicate
• (Materials - Member) Flint - SiO2 - Silica
• (Materials - Member) Bentone MA - Glaze Suspender, Hectorite

  Macaloid

• (Materials - Member) Pearl Ash - K2CO3

  Potassium Carbonate, K2CO3, Pearlash

• (Materials - Member) Bentonite

  Montmorillonite

• (Materials - Member) Colemanite - 2CaO.3B2O3.5H2O or CaB3O4(OH)3·H2O
• (Materials - Member) Cornwall Stone

  Cornish Stone, China Stone, Corn Stn, China-stone

• (Materials - Member) Fluorspar - CaF2

  Fluorite, Calcium Fluoride, Blue John

• (Materials - Member) Ilmenite - FeTiO3 or FeO.TiO2 - Iron & Titanium Oxide

  Illmenite, Ferrous Titanate, Iron Titanate

• (Materials - Member) Iron Oxide Red - Fe2O3 - Synthetic Hematite

  Ferric Oxide, Red Iron Oxide, RIO, Iron(III) oxide, Fe2O3, Hematite

• (Materials - Member) Iron Oxide Yellow - FeO.OH or Fe2O3.H2O - Fe2O3.H2O, FeO(OH), Goethite

  Iron(III) oxide, hydrated iron oxide, iron(III) hydroxide

• (Materials - Member) Lead Bisilicate Frit - Lead bisilicate frit
• (Materials - Member) Lead Monosilicate Frit
• (Materials - Member) Lepidolite - LiF.KF.Al2O3.3SiO2

  Lithium Mica

• (Materials - Member) Lithium Carbonate - LiCO3

  Lith Carb, Li2CO3

• (Materials - Member) Manganese Carbonate - MnCO3
• (Materials - Member) Manganese Dioxide - MnO2

  Mno2, Pyrolusite, Manganese(IV) oxide

• (Materials - Member) Nepheline Syenite - Generic

  Neph Sy

• (Materials - Member) Potash Feldspar - K2O.Al2O3.6SiO2

  K-Feldspar, Orthoclase, K Feldspar, Potassium Feldspar

• (Materials - Member) Red Lead - Pb3O4

  Minium, Lead(II,IV) oxide

• (Materials - Member) Silica - SiO2 - Quartz, Flint
• (Materials - Member) Sodium Carbonate - Na2CO3 or Na2O.CO2 - The most common form of sodium carbonate

  Soda Ash, Calcined Soda, Anhydrous Sodium Carb, Na2CO3

• (Materials - Member) Spodumene - Li2O.Al2O3.4SiO2 or LiAl(Si2O6)
• (Materials - Member) Strontium Carbonate - SrCO3 or SrO.CO2

  Strontianite

• (Materials - Member) Talc - Mg3Si4O6 or 3MgO.4SiO2.H2O

  Magnesium Silicate, Steatite, French Chalk, Hydrated talc

• (Materials - Member) Tin Oxide - SnO2

  Stannic Oxide, Tin(IV) Oxide, Tin Dioxide, SnO2

• (Materials - Member) Titanium Dioxide - TiO2 - Anatase, Brookite

  TiO2

• (Materials - Member) Wollastonite - CaSiO3 - Calcium Silicate

  Wolastonite

• (Materials - Member) Zinc Oxide - ZnO - Pure Source Of Zinc

  ZnO, Zincite

• (Materials) Ceramitalc - Talc
• (Materials) Custer Feldspar - Potash Feldspar

  Custer Spar

• (Materials) EP Kaolin - Plastic White Firing Kaolin

  EPK, Edgar Plastic Kaolin, EPK Kaolin

• (Materials) Eureka Feldspar - Legacy low calcium potash feldspar
• (Materials) Ferro Frit 3110 - High alkali, low alumina and boron leadless high expansion frit

  F3110, Frit KFG 4110, Ferro Crystal Frit

• (Materials) Ferro Frit 3124 - Leadless high calcium borosilicate frit

  F3124

• (Materials) Ferro Frit 3134 - Leadless and zero alumina high calcia borosilicate frit

  F3134

• (Materials) Ferro Frit 3195 - Leadless High Borax/calcia for glaze

  F3195

• (Materials) General Frit GF-106 - High-sodium high expansion frit

  Frit 106, Frit GF106, GF 106, GC 106,Frit GF-106

• (Materials) Pemco Frit P-25 - Leadless alkaline fluorine frit, use for cone 06-02

  Pemco 25, Pemco Frit 25

• (Materials) Kingman Feldspar - Potash Feldspar
• (Materials) NC-4 Feldspar

  NC4 Feldspar, Spruce Pine #4 Spar

• (Materials) OM #4 Ball Clay - Tennessee Ball Clay

  OM4 Ball Clay, OM4, OM#4, OM 4, Old Mine #4, OM-4 Ball Clay

• (Materials) Pioneer Kaolin - Medium plasticity kaolin

  Georgia Kaolin

• (Materials) Tile #6 Kaolin - Highly Plastic Fine Grained

  Tile 6, Tile#6 Kaolin

• (Materials) Oxford Feldspar - Potash Feldspar
• (Materials - Member) Copper Carbonate - CuCO3

  Synthetic Malachite, CuCO3

• (Materials - Member) Chrome Oxide - Cr2O3

  Chromium (III) Oxide, Cr2O3, Chromium Oxide

• (Materials) VanTalc - Hydrous Magnesium Calcium Silicate
• (Materials) Degussa Frit 90378
• (Materials) Degussa Frit 90208
• (Materials) Degussa Frit 90205

  90205 Bleiborsilikat

• (Materials) Degussa Frit 90191

  90191 Alkaliborfritte

• (Materials) Degussa Frit 90187
• (Materials) Degussa Frit 90176
• (Materials) Degussa Frit 90158

  90158 Natriumborsilikat