vitreous silica

British

noun

another name for quartz glass

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This book consists of a reprint of the third edition of my Methods of Glass-blowing, together with a new chapter in which I have described the comparatively new art of working vitreous silica.

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The skeleton is formed by small crystals and long threads of vitreous silica, cemented together, during life, by protoplasm.

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The density of vitreous silica is very near to that of ordinary amorphous silica.

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The melting point of vitreous silica cannot be definitely stated.

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The behaviour of vitreous silica with solvents has not yet been fully investigated, but Mr. H. G. Lacell has this subject in hand.

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