Nowadays, the intricate artworks that are blown are good enough to blow your mind! Yes, we are talking about glassblowing. It is by definition termed…
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Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula SiO2, most commonly found in nature as quartz and in…
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Using a glass lathe is just one of the methods of glassblowing, and each can produce an amazing variation of glass items. This article will help explain…
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What is Quartz? Quartz is a chemical compound consisting of one part silicon and two parts oxygen. It is silicon dioxide (SiO2). It is the…
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What is Quartz? Quartz is a term used to describe many different compact forms of SiO2. As one of the second most common and varied minerals on earth,…
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Mechanical properties of fused quartz are much the same as those of other glasses. The material is extremely strong in compression, with design compressive strength…
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Glass Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline) solid material. Glasses are typically brittle and optically transparent. The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in…
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Now you see it, now you don’t. Glass is a bit of a riddle. It’s hard enough to protect us, but it shatters with incredible…
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Glassblowing lathes are found in almost every scientific glassblowing shop. The primary function of the lathe is to hold and rotate glass tubing, rod or glass…
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Stone-age man has used naturally occurring glass obsidian, the black volcanic glass, and tektites to craft weapons and decorative objects. Archaeological findings in Egypt and…
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While master glassblowers know how to hand tool and grind their own glass joints and stopcocks, the time and effort these tasks require are considerable….
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During the course of history, human ingenuity and rise of technology enabled our ancestors to conquer the ability to create glass some 3 thousand years…
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What is it? Scientific Glassblowing is the process of creating glass apparatus and glass systems used in research and production. Where is it found? Scientific glassware is…
Continue reading admin GLASSBLOWING Obsidian, a black volcanic glass, is probably the best known of the naturally occurring glasses. It was used by early man to form cutting…
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