Concept information

Preferred term

glass  

Definition

  • A hard, amorphous, inorganic, usually transparent, brittle substance made by fusing silicates, sometimes borates and phosphates, with certain basic oxides and then rapidly cooling to prevent crystallization.

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URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/3678

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