Smart glass, essentially a privacy solution, is a type of glass that can change its opacity at the click of a button. This type of glass is generally made using ions sandwiched between different glass layers. On the application of electric current, these ions shift positions to change the op...
Over time, nature takes what was once man's garbage and turns it into sparkling natural gems - naturally recycled glass. This process is the result of wave action tumbling the shards among rocks and sand between the tide lines. Tides, in a twice a day cycle, cover and uncover that gl...
In order to facilitate the process of blowing, the stiffness of the molten glass is increased byslightly changingits composition. It turns out that adding a small amount of natron makes the glass stiffer for blowing. (Natron is a naturally occurring substance containing sodium carbonate decahydrate ...
Follow along to see how red wine is made, step-by-step, from grapes to glass. Surprisingly, not much has changed since we started making wine 8,000 years ago. How Red Wine is Made: Follow Along Step by Step Red winemaking differs from white winemaking in one important way: the juice ...
Natural glasses: Obsidian is a natural glass formed during an eruption of silica-rich magma. Shown here are Apache tears, mahogany obsidian, and snowflake obsidian. Minerals Amazonite (a green variety of microcline feldspar) Beryl (the mineral of aquamarine, emerald, and heliodor) Chrysocolla (a...
While you might think of glass in its manufactured form, the truth is it's a material we find in nature. Certain rocks and minerals become glass after coming into contact with high temperatures. This occurs naturally along lava flows and places where lightning has hit the ground. Humans have...
Everything else is absorbed. The light coming through the filter is considered polarized. Polarized filters are most commonly made of a chemical film applied to a transparent plastic or glass surface. The chemical compound used will typically be composed of molecules that naturally align in parallel...
PSL is made using long strands wood veneers, strands or flakes that are layered parallel upon one another and bonded together into large blocks known as billets.
Once a piece of glass is complete, to help it cool properly, an annealer is used. The third furnace in the series, the annealer has a very important job. This stems from the fact that glass, remember, is an amorphous solid. As the glass cools it may naturally start to crystallize...
Glass skin is all about crystal-clear, dewy skin, so we asked skin experts what products to use to achieve this smooth, plump complexion.