2007-05-30 00:10:39 · 9 answers · asked by matt30 2 in Environment ➔ Other - Environment
If you put a peice of glass on a beach of sand and let the tide / waves and sand get to work - it will slowly erode into tiny glass fragments - you may call that silica sand or crystalline silica with a mix of additives used to make the glass (lead, soda, boric oxide etc)-
Now as glass is 60 - 100% silica then the glass is already sand - just not lose. And should it be eroded into tiny fragments then it is lose glass or sand.
2007-05-30 02:59:00 · answer #1 · answered by Wayne ahrRg 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No it stay glass like some mentioned.
You may not know though, that when sand is converted to glass it is actually being converted from a solid to a liquid. Yep, you heard me right, glass is a liquid. It's just super viscous and takes a long time to move. This can be proven by measuring window glass in old buildings. All the glass will be thinker at the bottom than at the top because the liquid glass is moving down slowly. Cool huh?
2007-05-30 20:00:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although glass manufactured prior to the 18th century was liable to deteriorate (although it never decomposed to return to sand!), glass manufactured since then neither decomposes nor deteriorates. If left in the ground it will simply get dirty, or worse, get broken and cause someone a nasty injury! If interested, visit site below re glass artifacts.
2007-05-30 07:18:54 · answer #3 · answered by uknative 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It rather mixes with the ground stuffs and we feel as if it has turned to sand..
2007-05-30 07:16:18 · answer #4 · answered by prakhar j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Sand can be made up of different things. There is volcanic sand, silica sand, calcium sand, etc. Sand is just crushed up whatever.
2007-05-30 10:47:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sand is the more stable chemical form, so it will. Very very (keep putting in verys for a long time) slowly.
The Sun will likely blow up and melt it before it changes back.
2007-05-30 09:22:08 · answer #6 · answered by Bob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
it has been chemically altered by heat to produce the glass
you question is equivalent to asking 'does scrambled egg turn back to egg white and yolk, if left long enough'
2007-05-30 07:15:00 · answer #7 · answered by SeabourneFerriesLtd 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeap
but it takes gillion of years
2007-05-30 07:47:17 · answer #8 · answered by glowing 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
judging from all of the bottles i have seen that collectors have, the answer is no!
2007-05-30 07:18:08 · answer #9 · answered by cadaholic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋