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silica glass

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: silica glass
(′sil·ə·kə ¦glas)

(materials) A translucent or transparent vitreous material consisting almost entirely of silica. Also known as fused silica; vitreous silica.


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Glass consisting entirely of pure, or nearly pure, amorphous silica;

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has the highest heat resistance and ultraviolet transmittance of all glasses.

 
 

 

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