Zircopax

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Description

A brand name for a white zirconium silicate powder used as an opacifier in glasses, enamels and ceramic glazes. Zircopax contains about 67% zirconium oxide and 33% silica.

Density 4.54

Authority

  • G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 563
  • Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

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