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Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything
PhysOrg ^
| 2/2/10
| Lin Edwards
Posted on 02/02/2010 7:40:24 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: doug from upland
I seem to remember you work (worked?) for a glass company...?
81
posted on
02/02/2010 11:32:12 PM PST
by
nutmeg
(Rush Limbaugh & Sarah Palin agree: NO third parties! Take back the GOP)
To: 21twelve
A whole building that can change colors and stuff. That would be cool.
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posted on
02/02/2010 11:36:11 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
To: hinckley buzzard
I've used liquid glass for over 30 years...
To: LibWhacker; Quix
84
posted on
02/03/2010 1:26:30 AM PST
by
Joya
(Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
To: puppypusher
"I wonder if this liquid glass will fill in gouges in windshield caused by sand and gravel." That would probably screw up the optical purity of the glass because it would be thicker in some places (where the pits are) then others.
Perhaps if it were applied on a new windshield it could help prevent pitting.
To: Neidermeyer
I’ve been using Zaino products the past couple of years - simply amazing stuff!
86
posted on
02/03/2010 3:12:11 AM PST
by
newfreep
(Palin/DeMint 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
To: Grizzled Bear
To: Quix
Keeps cars looking new!
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
88
posted on
02/03/2010 5:47:20 AM PST
by
The Comedian
(Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
To: LibWhacker
Nancy Pelosi's face has been a beta-test site for awhile now.
89
posted on
02/03/2010 5:50:42 AM PST
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality.)
To: The Comedian; Joya
90
posted on
02/03/2010 7:46:52 AM PST
by
Quix
(POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
To: LibWhacker
91
posted on
02/03/2010 7:55:31 AM PST
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: txhurl
Somehow that sounds painful...
To: krb
Thank you, that was very interesting. I often use glass in my kiln, and I’m always interested in learning more about it!
93
posted on
02/03/2010 8:00:54 AM PST
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: MHGinTN
Oh man, I once accidentally sprayed hairspray right into my eye. It broke into little shards like glass! I would keep this material away from my eyes too.
94
posted on
02/03/2010 8:04:24 AM PST
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: smokingfrog
Me too, I can think of some cool applications!
95
posted on
02/03/2010 8:06:11 AM PST
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: krb
Palomar Observatory lenses
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posted on
02/03/2010 8:17:12 AM PST
by
MHGinTN
(Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
To: decimon; Las Vegas Dave; ShadowAce; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...
The liquid glass spray (technically termed "SiO2 ultra-thin layering") consists of almost pure silicon dioxide (silica, the normal compound in glass) extracted from quartz sand. Water or ethanol is added, depending on the type of surface to be coated. There are no additives, and the nano-scale glass coating bonds to the surface because of the quantum forces involved. According to the manufacturers, liquid glass has a long-lasting antibacterial effect because microbes landing on the surface cannot divide or replicate easily.
Or maybe they're captivated by their own image, like the mythical Narcissus. ;') Thanks LibWhacker.
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posted on
02/03/2010 4:13:23 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
To: krb
Glass is interesting. As an amorphous solid, it has no crystalline structure to lock the atoms in place. The base material, silicon dioxide (quartz) does have a crystal structure, but the stuff added to it to make glass prevents crystal formation. That makes it plastic at relatively low temperatures. It's essentially a solid at room temps and has no viscosity, but the temps that it starts flowing at vary wildly, depending on the dopants. Pretty cool stuff.
However, my BS meter is going off at the idea of a water- or alcohol "soluable glass".
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posted on
02/06/2010 11:15:33 PM PST
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: LibWhacker
soon almost every product you purchase will be coated with liquid glass. Can't wait until toddlers chew on them and breathe in and swallow glass fibers. "Binder & Binder" plese pick up the white courtesy phone.
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