Abstract
The method of lowering the sintering temperature and enlarging the range of sintering temperature in the manufacture of forsterite porcelain as a high frequency insulator was investigated. The four kinds of forsterite chamotte were calcinated at $1400^{\circ}C$. The forsterite bodies produced by adding $BaCO_3$ as a flux and 5% Kaolin as a bonding agent were heated in the range of sintering temperature. Sintering temperature tended to increase almost straightly as MgO exceded without $BaCO_3$. The range of sintering tem was at least $140^{\circ}C$. Specimens of MF-2-0, MF-2-A had superior mechanical strength and dielectric properties. The growing of the forsterite crystal was restricted and thus their grain size became fine and also the amount of crystal formation tended to decrease rapidly as $BaCO_3$ increased excessively.