what I mean is what does it take, what ingrediants do U need?
2007-02-20 09:44:34 · 14 answers · asked by anya g 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Lots of sand, and LOTS of heat!
2007-02-20 12:00:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plate glass is made by pouring molten glass onto a bed of molten metal where it smooths out and then is cooled. Auto safety glass is tempered (heated at controlled temp and time), then a sheet of plastic is bonded between two glass plates. Most storm door and sliding glass door glass is tempered to resist breaking by little hands and big pets. Auto glass is specially treated so it breaks into thousands of tiny pieces instead of larger sharp edged pieces that can stab and slice bodies. The plastic laminate protects windshields from being broken through very easily from without or within.
2007-02-20 12:55:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glass is made by combining sand, flint, spar, or some other silicious substances, and sometimes soda. Iron is added to bottle-glass.
The silicious matter is fused with something called a flux.
2007-02-20 12:24:26 · answer #3 · answered by batscout 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u need sand (silica), potassium carbonate and lead.
Then these are mixed together in a KILN (a closed kind of tower) and heated to extremely high temperatures (like more than 993 K). then molten glass is formed.
this molten glass is poured in to moulds or different shapes to give you different shaped glasses
well, slartibar.... volcanoes do have sand and lotsa heat --- but do they have potassium carbonate and lead. so there's ur answer
2007-02-20 19:31:27 · answer #4 · answered by cutiepie_4ever 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glass is a combination of sand, flint, spar, or some other silicious substances, with one or other of the fixed alkalies, and in some cases with a metallic oxide. Of the alkalies, soda is commonly preferred; and of the silicious substances, white sand is most in repute at present, as it requires no preparation for coarse goods, while mere washing in water is sufficient for those of a finer quality. The metallic oxide usually employed, is litharge, or some other preparation of lead. Iron is used in bottle-glass.
2007-02-20 09:49:07 · answer #5 · answered by loveless_sselevol 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ok - all the clever clogs seem to know it's sand.
So - what is sand?
Sand is ground down rock - yes?
So how come, all the rocks that get thrown out of a volcano and then melt - don't turn into glass?
Huh?
2007-02-20 09:51:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Melt Sand.
2007-02-20 09:46:10 · answer #7 · answered by Jasper H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Basically, all you need is sand. If it's heated to the proper temperature, sand will form glass.
2007-02-20 09:46:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
when sand reaches very high temperatures it will turn to glass
2007-02-20 09:48:05 · answer #9 · answered by schrauf1981 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Even though sand is brown you melt it and there you go
2007-02-20 09:49:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋