The invention relates to lead- and
cadmium-free glass for
glazing, enamelling and decorating glasses or glass-ceramics which have a low coefficient of
thermal expansion of less than 2x10-6 / K, having the composition (in % by weight) 0-6 Li2O, 0-5 Na2O, 0 to less than 2 K2O, where the sum Li2O+K2+Na2O is between 2 and 12, 0-4 MgO, 0-4 CaO, 0-4 SrO, 0-1 BaO, 0-4 ZnO, 3 to less than 10 Al2O3, 13-23 B2O3, 50-65 SiO2, 0-4 TiO2, 0-4 ZrO2 and 0-4 F, as replacement for
oxygen and containing up to 30% by weight of a
pigment which is resistant at the firing temperature, where the glass is suitable for
glazing, enamelling and decoration in both primary and secondary firing, and both the full-area and sparse
glaze, enamel or decoration
layers have low abrasion susceptibility after firing, and it relates to processes for the production of a glass-
ceramic coated therewith.