Question

the primary ingredient of glass is

Answer 1

ngredients of Glass. The major ingredient for glassmaking is silica, in the form of sand. Only sand of exceptional purity can be used to make glass. If the sand contains a trace of iron, for instance, the glass made with it will have a greenish color.

Answer 2

Ingredients of glass

               

Glass is a material which is used by Human beings daily for their works in large proportion. Actually, Glass was discovered by chance. When some Egyptians where travelling.

There are so many types of glass, And every type of glass has diffrent types of ingredients. And because of So many types of glass and large use of glass. It becomes very important to study about glass.

Well, now according to your question.

                                       

             

Primary ingredients of glass are as follows:

1) Sand

2) Limestone

3) silica glass

4) Alkali silicate glass

5) Soda lime glass

                       

                   

There are total 7 types of glasses and every type of glass has different ingredients.

                         

Type of glasses:

1) Silica glass

2) Borosilicate glass

3) Alkali silicate glass

4) Lead glass

5) Coloured glass

6) Processed glass

7) Optical glass