Computer chips are made with Silicon (metal). Glass, however, is made from Silica (sand) which sounds similar, but is actually quite different.
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Bizmuth is a heavy metal that expands on cooling and contracts on heating. it is used for making lead free ammunition, especially for shotgun rounds and airgun pellets as it is considered non-toxic. It is also used in the glass making industry for making 'float' glass sheets.
Heating, melting are accurate, however Firing is the most common term used in glass making/blowing.
The purpose of a computer screen magnifier is to enable the visually impaired to see the writing and detail on their computer screen. It is a piece of software that works like a magnifying glass.
A black glass computer desk can be purchased at your local furniture store, or national retailer like Bed Bath and Beyond. Because of the uniqueness of the black glass computer desk, a better chance of purchasing one can be found at mass online retailers such as Craigs List or Amazon.
Fiber Optic networking allows computers to communicate with a beam over light oven thin strands of glass cabling.
Most likely, you mean silicon. It is certainly used in computer chips, glass, and abrasives.
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phosphate
Borax
boron (borax)
Glass, Ceramics, cookware, contact lenses, computer chips.
I would think that the answer is simple and resides in the simple business economic laws of supply and demand. The supply of glass for recycling is abundant whereby the material for making mineral glass countertops must be brought in and processed before making it into a countertop.
The mineral quartz is the main ingredient in manufactured glass.
Corning glass didn't make computers. They began by making titles for the space program and then into making dishes for consumers.
Volcanic glass is not a mineral. It's composition is complex, and their is no crystalline structure.
Gemstones are a mineral.
No. A mineral must be solid to be a mineral. For example, liquid water is not a mineral. Frozen water, or ice, is a mineral.