Extensive features of glass

Glass is a non-crystalline amorphous solid that is often transparent and has widespread practical, technological, and decorative usage. It can be colored by adding metallic salts, and can also be painted and printed with vitreous enamels. These qualities have led to the extensive use of glass in the manufacture of art objects and in particular, stained glass windows.

Applications of silicate glasses derive from their optical transparency, giving rise to their primary use as window panes. Glass will transmit, reflect and refract light; these qualities can be enhanced by cutting and polishing to make optical lenses.

Glass has become a part of human fascination since it first appeared in Roman homes many centuries ago. This fascinating material has evolved with dramatic speed that it is now used not only in residential buildings but also in large commercial edifices. At times, glass is even used to replace exterior building materials like bricks, cement and granite.

Glass has come to prove that in addition to its beauty and artistic appeal, it can also offer durability as one of its most important uses in modern architecture. It helps to conserve energy by allowing light to penetrate through, bringing brightness and warmth to an otherwise dark and cold home or office room.

 Most common types of glass

·        Sheet glass used for mirrors, picture frames, and glazing of floors or walls.

·        Float glass has better quality than sheet glass. It is not characterized by bubbles, knots or scratches. People use them in window panes because of its optical clarity and quality.

·        Tinted glass heat-absorbing quality makes tinted glass an effective energy-saving device especially in air-conditioned buildings. Tinted glass is most commonly used in doors and windows.

·        Heat Reflective glass is coated with layers of metal oxide film to enable it to reflect light and stay transparent at the same time. It is most commonly used in outer walls, doors and window panes of air-conditioned buildings.

·        Laminated Safety Glass is produced by bonding together two or more layers of glass and putting between them an inner layer made of polyvinyl butyl. Bonding is done by subjecting the glasses to heat and pressure. This special type of glass is used in aquariums, bullet proof glasses, and wind screens in automobiles and high-rise buildings.

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