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How do people get glass?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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From friends or local dealer who the friends probably introduced the person too. BAD STUFF STAY FROM IT. It took 3 years of my life and almost ended it .. Stick to weed my friend.

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The above is about some narcotic substance. Common glass which is used in glassware and windows is made from silica found in quartz sand, and usually some sort of "soda" (sodium oxide or calcium oxide) to reduce the melting temperature. Sodium carbonate may make it water soluble, so "lime" (calcium oxide), aluminum oxide, and/or magnesium oxide is added to make it more durable. Other things are added to change the properties of the resulting glass. Lead is sometimes added to make it more brilliant. So is barium and thorium oxide. But since thorium oxide is radioactive, lanthanum oxide has replaced it in eyeglass lenses for increasing the refractive index. Iron can be added to glass to absorb infrared energy in applications like movie projectors, while cerium (IV) oxide can be used to block UV radiation.

The raw materials are then melted in a furnace and the air bubbles are removed. It is then formed into the desired shape. Flat glass is formed using the "float glass" process. As it is poured into a molten tin bath, pressurized nitrogen is added, giving it a polished finish. Bottles and jars are made by blowing and pressing methods. Then it is annealed, meaning it is slowly cooled to make it strong. Finally, surface treatments such as coatings or lamination may be applied. Windshields, for instance, are really two layers with a thin layer of plastic between them for safety reasons. That way, when it breaks, there is very little flying glass from the windshield. It just crumbles into pieces, and most stay connected to the plastic.

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