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What is a glass?

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i. Silicon dioxide is fused with sodium oxide and boron oxide to form an optically transparent material known as glass. The colour of glass is due to addition of a trace amount of transition metal oxide.

ii. Different types of glass are manufactured by changing its composition. Almost eight hundred different types of glasses are manufactured. Quartz glass is obtained from only silicon dioxide.

iii. Pyrex glass is obtained by fusing together 60 to 80% SiO2, 10 to 25% B2O3 and remaining amount of Al2O3.

iv. When 75% SiO2 is fused with 15% Na2O and 10% CaO, sodalime glass is obtained.

v. Red glass contains trace amount of gold and copper. Yellow glass contains UO2.

vi. Blue glass contains CoO or CuO. Green glass contains Fe2O3 or CuO.



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