vitreous silica
Britishnoun
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The density of vitreous silica is very near to that of ordinary amorphous silica.
From The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students by Shenstone, W. A.
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.
From The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students by Shenstone, W. A.
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.
From The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students by Shenstone, W. A.
The behaviour of vitreous silica with solvents has not yet been fully investigated, but Mr. H. G. Lacell has this subject in hand.
From The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students by Shenstone, W. A.
The skeleton is formed by small crystals and long threads of vitreous silica, cemented together, during life, by protoplasm.
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