Can I look up frit recipes by searching by properties such as CTE, surface tension, melting point?
No, but INSIGHT does connect to our reference website and you can look up frits there. Some have melting points listed. Many have CTEs listed, but you cannot search by property value. However, consider that different frit companies have different ways of measuring CTE. The same goes for melting point, frits soften instead of melt and there are many different ways to measure and express this. Surface tension is a similar story. Ceramic chemistry is a relative, not absolute science. CTE numbers are absolute. Our philosophy is to adjust existing glazes to get what you want. If a glaze is crazing for example, not matter what any data for the glaze, body or materials says, if the glaze is crazing its thermal expansion needs to be reduced. We give you the reference materials, videos, instruction manual, software and support needed to adjust a glaze to reduce its expansion. Or substitute materials. Or fix problems like blistering or leaching. Or ajdust melting temperature, surface character,
