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2. Tempered glass - Wikipedia

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   Tempered or toughened glass is a type of safety glass processed by controlled thermal or chemical treatments to increase its strength compared with normal glass. Tempering puts the outer surfaces into compression and the interior into tension .

3. Conservation and restoration of glass objects - Wikipedia

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   Conservation-restoration is the practice of cleaning and discovering the original state of an object, investigating the proper treatments and applying those treatments to restore the object to its original state without permanently altering the object, and then preserving the object to prevent further deterioration for generations to come (Caple, p. 5-6). [1]

4. Ron Arad (industrial designer) - Wikipedia

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   Arad's career as a designer began with the Rover chair, a leather seat from a Rover P6 car on a steel frame. [citation needed] He experiments with materials and technology as well as the re-conception of objects’ form and structure. [citation needed] Ron Arad was awarded the Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) in 2002 and the London Design ...

5. Low-iron glass - Wikipedia

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   Low-iron glass is a type of high-clarity glass that is made from silica with very low amounts of iron. This low level of iron removes the greenish-blue tint that can be seen especially on larger and thicker sizes of glass. [1] Low-iron glass is used for aquariums, display cases, some windows, and other applications where clarity is desired. [2]

6. Soda–lime glass - Wikipedia

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   The manufacturing process for soda–lime glass consists in melting the raw materials, which are the silica, soda (Na 2 O), hydrated lime (Ca(OH) 2), dolomite (CaMg(CO 3) 2, which provides the magnesium oxide), and aluminium oxide; along with small quantities of fining agents (e.g., sodium sulfate (Na 2 SO 4), sodium chloride (NaCl), etc.) in a glass furnace at temperatures locally up to 1675 ...

7. Eames Fiberglass Armchair - Wikipedia

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   The material of the chair, Zenaloy, which is polyester reinforced with fiberglass, was first developed by the US Army during World War II. [4] Using this material, Ray and Charles Eames designed a prototype chair for the 1948 ‘International Competition of Low-Cost Furniture Design’ held by the Museum of Modern Art.