Refining in the Glassmelting Process
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Ceramic Society
- Vol. 60 (9-10) , 436-440
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1977.tb15528.x
Abstract
Refining mechanisms for a soda‐lime glassmelt containing bubbles are proposed, based on photographic observations and data in literature. The equation expressing the removal of bubbles from the glassmelt by ascension has been derived from a linear relation between bubble size and time. Experimental and theoretical studies have shown that heterogeneous bubble nucleation occurs during refining. An additive relation between SiO2 (sand) dissolving tune and the theoretical refining time resulting from heterogeneous bubble nucleation has been verified for As2O3+ NaNO3, Na2SO4, and NaCl additions to a soda‐lime glass batch.Keywords
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