CONS - Glass Flashcards
its a hard, brittle, chemically inert substance produced by fusing silica together with flux and a stabilizer into a mass that cools to a rigid condition without crystallization
Glass and Glazing
a type of glass that is fabricated by drawing the molten glass from a furnace, or by forming a cylinder, dividing it lengthwise, and flattening it
Sheet Glass
a type of glass that is formed by rolling molten glass into a plate that is subsequently ground and polished after cooling
Plate Glass
a type of glass manufactured by pouring molten glass onto a surface of molten tin and allowing it to cool slowly
Float Glass
it is cooled slowly to relieve internal stresses
Annealed Glass
an annealed glass that is partially tempered by a process of reheating and sudden cooling
Heat-Strengthened Glass
an annealed glass that is reheated to just below the softening point, and then rapidly cooled to induce compressive stresses; when fractured, it breaks into relatively harmless particles
Tempered Glass
consists of two or more plies of flat glass bonded under heat and pressure to interlayers of polyvinyl butyral resin that retains when glass is broken; aka “safety glass”
Laminated Glass
flat or patterned glass having a square or diamond wire mesh embedded within it to prevent shattering
Wire Glass
a glass that has an irregular surface pattern formed in the rolling process to obscure vision or to diffuse light; aka “figured glass”
Patterned Glass
a glass having one or both sides acid-etched or sandblasted to obscure vision
Obscure Glass
an opaque glass for concealing the structural elements in curtain wall construction
Spandrel Glass
a glass unit consisting of two or more sheets of glass separated by hermetically-sealed airspaces
Insulated Glass
glass having a chemical admixture to absorb a portion of the radiant heat and visible light that strike it; aka “heat-absorbing glass”
Tinted Glass
a glass that has a thin, translucent metallic coating bonded to the exterior or interior surface to reflect a portion of the light and radiant heat that strike it
Reflective Glass
