The chemistry of glass has been finely tuned since those early experiments, and the process has been scaled up to incredible proportions, ...

However, glass is unusual because it doesn't exist in this stable state. Glass is made by melting various components to get a very viscous liquid, like syrup, which doesn't flow easily, Parker said.

The Romans made it, Archeologists found glass slab in Israel from a ancient glass making site which they found a large glass slab 11×6.5×1.5 feet, weighing 9 tons. Imagine the heat it took to ...

The glass mats also defy the formation of dendrites, because the anode never reacts with the mats. I'm a big fan of glass mats, because they have extremely shiny physical properties.

This type of glass, used in jugs to carry water or wine, is often found with a thin patina of iridescent gold, blue, green and orange shimmering across its surface.