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Glass …. This presentation contains …. What’s glass ? Components & h ow is it produced ? Properties Types of glass Doriana Hernández Johanna Domínguez. … What’s glass ?. Is an inorganic product of fusion which has been cooled to a rigid condition without crystallizing .
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Glass… Thispresentationcontains…. What’sglass? Components & howisitproduced? Properties Types of glass Doriana Hernández Johanna Domínguez
…What’sglass? Is an inorganic product of fusion which has been cooled to a rigid condition without crystallizing. It is a hard material normally fragile and transparent common in our daily life.
…Components & howisitproduced? Itisproduced… Byfusingthesematerials at hightemperatures, thencoolingthemquickly,forming a rigid structure, however not having enough time to form a crystalline regular structure. Components… Sand Soda ash Limestone
… Properties • Solid and hard material. • Disordered and amorphousstructure. • Fragile and easily breakable into sharp pieces. • Transparentto visible light. • Inert and biologically inactive material. • Glass is 100% recyclable and one of the safest packaging materials due to its composition and properties.
… Types of glass Commercialglass (soda-lime glass): appropiateto use in windows. Lead glass: appropiatefordecoratingpurposes. Borosilicateglass:appropiateforkitchenorchemicallabspurposes Fiberglass Foamglass Safety glass