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Keywords: Opaque, Glaze, Tin, Titanium, Opax
Extender additive used in decorative and architectural paints to save titanium dioxide pigment and reduce cost.
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Applied polyester film or coating to the surface of tinted or reflective glass rendering it opaque. Suitable for use in spandrel and non-vision areas.
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A substance used to make a material more opaque.
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An ingredient that reduces transparency or makes the product opaque.
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Minerals which are included in glaze recipes to render them opaque, such as tin oxide, antimony oxide, zircon, zinc oxide and titanium, along with zircopax, opax and ultrox. As a general rule add 15% opacifier to the batch except when using tin oxide use 5%.
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A material used to whiten a glaze or make it opaque.
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Opalescent glaze Opaque
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A relatively insoluble glaze substance. Minute particles reflect light and render the glaze opaque.
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Opacifier - A substance added to a material in order to make the ensuing system opaque. One example is Tin oxide (SnO2), which is used to opacify ceramic glazes.
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