Useful Materials: Soda-lime-glass

Name of the material: The material I will be writing about is glass. Soda-Lime-Glass will be the main type of glass I will explain in detail even though there are five other main types of glass including: Lead-alkali glass, borosilicate glass, alumino-silicate, silica glass and fused silica glass. How the material is made: Glass is composed from four main compounds: Silica (SiO2), Sodium carbonate (Na2CO3), limestone (CaCO3), magnesium carbonate (MgCO3). Additives may be added …

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