silica glass
Americannoun
noun
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The system uses silica glass, a common material that is resistant to changes in temperature, moisture and electromagnetic interference.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Limin Tong, a physicist at Zhejiang University in China, and his colleagues said they were inspired to study ice after working with a type of silica glass.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2021
The coefficient of expansion of silica glass is very low; therefore, rapid temperature changes do not cause it to fracture.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Typical cases of amorphous solidification are those of silica, glass, plastic sulphur, pitch, alcohol and many organic liquids.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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