Glass Types |
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Annealed glass
Annealed glass is the basic flat glass product that is the first result of the float process. It cou.. |
Acid-Etched Glass
It is produced by acid etching one side of float glass. Acid-etched glass has a distinctive, uniform.. |
Alarm Glass
Alarm glass is a special laminated glass designed and manufactured for security purposes. The glass .. |
Ancient glass
A term normally used to describe any type of glass manufactured before ancient Roman glass... |
Blast Resistant Glass
Shards of glass flying through the air cause many deaths and injuries from a bomb blast. In a bomb b.. |
Anti-Reflective Glass
Anti-reflective glass is float glass with a specially designed coating that reflects a very low perc.. |
Antique glass
A general trade term used to define an old type of glass more than 25 years old; however antique gla.. |
Antique mirror
This a decorative silvered glass used mostly for interiors. This method of making glass consists of .. |
Aquarium glass
This is a term describing glass used in the construction of aquariums (fish tanks). Most aquariums c.. |
Architectural Glass
Architectural glass is a world used for any type of glass used a as building material. It is most ty.. |
Basic glass
A term used to describe the glass used as a raw material for further processing. In the flat glass i.. |
Bent Glass
Bent glass is normal glass that has been curved with a special process. It can be used for external .. |
Body-Tinted Glass
Body-tinted glass is normal float glass into whose melt colorants are added for tinting and solar-ra.. |
Borosilicate glass
The third major group of glass, borosilicate glass, is any silicate glass composed of at least 5%&nb.. |
Bullet-Resistant Glass
Bullet-resistant glazing is made of laminated glass that consists of two or more lites of glass adhe.. |
Cast glass
This is a type of glass produced by a casting process in which molten glass in poured into a shaped .. |
Ceramic Fritted Glass
Ceramic fritted glass consists of a ceramic-based paint screen-printed onto clear, tinted, patterned.. |
Clear Glass
A term used to describe properties of an extremely transparent and clear glass that contains no colo.. |
Crystal Glass
Crystal glass (also known as “crystal”) is a form of glass with a high degree of transpa.. |
Decorated glass
A term used for glass that was decorated by a glassworker for decorative purposes. Glass types are s.. |
Depression Glass
The Great Depression in the United States was a time of severe financial problems for the majority o.. |
Electrochromic Glass
Electrochromic glass is an energy-saving component for buildings that can change color on command. I.. |
Electronic Smart Glasses
A smart glass is intended to have the ability to control the amount of light, and heat passing throu.. |
Enameled Glass
Enameled glass is tempered or heat-strengthened glass, one face of which is covered, either partiall.. |
Figured Glass
Also known as "patterned" or "ornamental" glass, figured glass is a decorative a.. |
Float Glass
Float glass is a sheet of glass made by floating molten glass on a bed of molten tin. The term &ldqu.. |
Fused Glass
Fused glass is a term for glass that has been fired (heat-processed) in a kiln at a range of high te.. |
Glass Block
Glass block is a material with innocuous and radiationless properties as well as excellent performan.. |
Glass Ceramics
Ordinary glass is non-crystalline. Glas ceramics however, are manufactured through the controlled cr.. |
Electrically Heated Glass
Electrically heated glass is a laminated glass, incorporating almost invisible electrically conducti.. |
Helios Project
The new solar plane named Helios has reached an altitude of 100.000 feet and set a new record for su.. |
Insulating Glass
Insulating glass is a multi-glass combination consisting of two or more panes enclosing a hermetical.. |
Laminated Glass
Laminated glass is a combination of two or more glass sheets with one or more interlayers of plastic.. |
Lead Glass
As the name implies, lead glass has a high percentage of lead oxide (at least 20% of the batch). Lea.. |
Leadlight
Leadlights are decorative windows made of small sections of glass supported in lead cames. The techn.. |
LED Glass
The use of transparent glass in conducting electricity using LEDs, short for “light emitting d.. |
Low-E Glass
Low-emission glass (Low-E) is a transparent to visible light and opaque to infrared radiation glass... |
Milk Glass
Milk glass is a opaque or translucent whitish glass. It is a relatively recent name for opaque, milk.. |
Mirror
Mirrors are commonly made of glass with a smooth, polished surface that forms images by the reflecti.. |
Murano Glass
Murano, an island located near Venice, is still today regarded as being synonymous with the producti.. |
Patterned Glass
Patterned glass is an imperfectly smooth structure with different patterns impressed on it. The .. |
Photovoltaic Glass
Photovoltaic glass is a special glass with integrated solar cells that convert solar energy into ele.. |
Plate Glass
Form of glass originally made by casting and rolling and characterized by its excellent surface prod.. |
Quartz Glass
Quartz glass is a clear vitreous solid, formed by melting pure quartz. It can withstand high tempera.. |
Reflective Glass
This is an ordinary float glass with a metallic coating to reduce solar heat. This special metallic .. |
Rolled Glass
Flat glass made by the rolled process where semi-molten glass is squeezed between metal rollers to p.. |
Safety Glass
A characteristic of glass that is treated or manufactured to reduce the hazard of cutting or causing.. |
Sandblasted Glass
Sandblasted glass is produced by spraying sand at high velocities over the surface of the glass. Thi.. |
Self-Cleaning Glass
Self-cleaning glass is an ordinary float glass with a special photocatalytic coating. It is made by .. |
Low Iron Glass
A type of glass that has very little iron in its chemical composition. This type of glass is extreme.. |
Smart Glazing
Smart glass or smart windows in its application to windows or skylights refers to electrically switc.. |
Soda-Lime Glass
This is the most common commercial glass (90% of total production), and also the least expensive. Th.. |
Solar Panes
Solar panes are generally categorized into two type. The first are so called photovoltaic or PV pane.. |
Spandrel Glass
Today, different curtain wall systems allow the entire building exterior to be covered with glass. T.. |
Spectrally Selective Glazing
Spectrally selective glazing is window glass that permits some portions of the solar spectrum to ent.. |
Tempered Glass
Tempering is a thermal or chemical treatment that compresses the surface layer of the glass, thus im.. |
Textured Glass
Textured glass is a rolled patterned glass, one surface of which has a specific pattern or design im.. |
Toughened Glass
Toughened glass is also called “tempered glass.” It is made by a process of heating glas.. |
Triple Glazing
Three layers of glass separated by air spaces to give improved thermal or acoustic insulation. As wi.. |
X-Ray Protection Glass
This is an amber-colored glass containing 70% lead oxide, which significantly reduces ionizing radia.. |
Double-Glazed Units
This leads to condensation of moisture between the two panes of glass. Condensation affects the cl.. |
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