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2. Fire glass - Wikipedia

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   Fire glass. Fire glass (also fire pit glass, fire rocks, fire beads or lava glass) is a type of tempered glass, chunks of which are used decoratively on fireplaces. Pieces of the glass are heaped around jets of burning gas, or around liquid ethanol, in order to conceal the jets and reflect the flames. [1] It is an alternative to ceramic and ...

3. Fireplace insert - Wikipedia

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   A fireplace insert is a device that can be inserted into an existing masonry or prefabricated wood fireplace. Most fireplace inserts are made from cast iron or steel. Fresh air enters through vents below, circulates around the main chamber (where it heats up), then exits through the chimney. Fireplace inserts have insulated glass doors that ...

4. Ninja rocks - Wikipedia

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   Ninja rocks. Ninja rocks is a colloquial term for an improvised weapon or tool consisting of the extremely sharp porcelain or ceramic shards recovered from smashing or crushing the alumina insulator of a commercial spark plug. When thrown, ninja rocks are known to exploit the tensile stress present in the side windows on most cars in order to ...

5. 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. Such stresses cause the glass, when broken, to shatter into small granular chunks instead of ...

6. Dichroic glass - Wikipedia

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   A pendant made from modern dichroic glass. Dichroic glass is glass which can display multiple different colors depending on lighting conditions.. One dichroic material is a modern composite non-translucent glass that is produced by stacking layers of metal oxides which give the glass shifting colors depending on the angle of view, causing an array of colors to be displayed as an example of ...

7. Glass brick - Wikipedia

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   Glass brick, also known as glass block, is an architectural element made from glass. The appearance of glass blocks can vary in color, size, texture and form. Glass bricks provide visual obscuration while admitting light. The modern glass block was developed from pre-existing prism lighting principles in the early 1900s to provide natural light ...