aluminosilicate glass
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Aluminosilicate glasses are a type of silica-based glass that falls between pure silica glass and common soda-lime-silica glass in terms of thermal properties and cost. These glasses are known for their excellent chemical durability, especially resistance to alkalies, and can withstand higher operating temperatures than borosilicate glasses.123
Key applications for aluminosilicate glasses include glass halogen lamps and fibreglass, such as E glass and S glass, which are used in fiber-reinforced plastics and thermal insulation. Their composition typically includes silica, alumina, and other oxides like lime, magnesia, and boric oxide.12
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Other silica-based glasses are the aluminosilicate glasses, which are intermediate between vitreous silica and the more common soda-lime-silica glasses in thermal properties as well as cost; glass fibres such as E glass and S glass, used in fibre-reinforced plastics and in thermal-insulation wool; and optical glasses containing a multitude of…
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Aluminosilicate glasses find applications similar to those of borosilicates, but the former can stand higher operating temperatures; glasses with relatively high alumina contents and no boric oxide are exceptionally resistant to alkalies.
Read MoreAluminosilicate glasses find applications similar to those of borosilicates, but the former can stand higher operating temperatures; glasses with relatively high alumina contents and no boric oxide are exceptionally resistant to alkalies.
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