vitreous silica
Britishnoun
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As regards the use of silica in experiments with gases, it must be remarked that vitreous silica, like platinum, is slightly permeable to hydrogen when strongly heated.
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The skeleton is formed by small crystals and long threads of vitreous silica, cemented together, during life, by protoplasm.
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The method of making Silica Tubes.—Before commencing to make a tube a supply of vitreous silica in rods about one or two millimetres in diameter must be prepared.
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The rate of expansion of vitreous silica has been studied by H. le Chatelier, and more recently by Callendar.
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The density of vitreous silica is very near to that of ordinary amorphous silica.
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