Useful Materials: Soda-lime-glass

Name of the material:
The material I will be writing about is glass. Soda-Lime-Glass will be the main type of glass I will explain in detail even though there are five other main types of glass including: Lead-alkali glass, borosilicate glass, alumino-silicate, silica glass and fused silica glass.
How the material is made:
Glass is composed from four main compounds: Silica (SiO2), Sodium carbonate (Na2CO3), limestone (CaCO3), magnesium carbonate (MgCO3). Additives may be added to improve the quality and colour of glass. The compounds are all than crushed together and heated to a temperatu…