Glass Production

Abstract

In this chapter a variety of inorganic and organic glass-forming systems are first reviewed briefly. The focus is then turned to industrially manufactured glasses. The properties by which they stand out against other competitive materials are highlighted. An overview of the large number of different glass products and glass-producing branches is given. The role of glass composition and its relevance to the glass-making process and to the resulting glass properties are successively given in detail. Viscosity, liquidus temperature, and the tendency to undergo liquid unmixing are depicted as examples of the first category; elastic properties, thermal expansion coefficient, and chemical durability of the second. Finally, a few challenges regarding glass synthesis are addressed.

Authors 1

1. Reinhard Conradt corresponding Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany