Although glass is recyclable, the recycling process is generally limited to large pieces that can be easily sorted by color. Because it's not worth the effort to sort smaller fragments, they tend to ...

Silicate glass has many applications, including the use as a nuclear waste form to immobilize radioactive elements from spent fuel. However, it has one disadvantage -- it corrodes when it comes into ...

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A group of scientists have discovered that electrically-heated common, homogeneous silicate glasses appear to defy Joule's first law. Characterizing and predicting how electrically-heated silicate ...

NEWARK, DE / ACCESSWIRE / August 10, 2022 / According to Future Market Insights (FMI), Europe silica sand for glass making market is expected to reach a valuation of US$ 1.06 Bn by 2022. Growth in the ...

The last time we talked about Microsoft's Project Silica was about four years ago when Microsoft was showing off a proof of concept. The company managed to write Warner Bros' Superman movie on a tiny ...

Experiments show electric field can modify silicate glass, causing parts to melt while remaining solid elsewhere; discovery suggests heat in glass could be produced on a very fine scale, could point ...