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2. Frit - Wikipedia

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   Frit. A frit is a ceramic composition that has been fused, quenched, and granulated.Frits form an important part of the batches used in compounding enamels and ceramic glazes; the purpose of this pre-fusion is to render any soluble and/or toxic components insoluble by causing them to combine with silica and other added oxides. [1]

3. Industrial porcelain enamel - Wikipedia

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   The most important characteristic of porcelain enamel, from an industrial perspective, is its resistance to corrosion. [3] Mild steel is used in almost every industry and a huge array of products; porcelain enamel is a very economic way of protecting this, and other chemically vulnerable materials, from corrosion.

4. Glazing (window) - Wikipedia

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   Glazing, which derives from the Middle English for 'glass', is a part of a wall or window, made of glass. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Glazing also describes the work done by a professional " glazier ". Glazing is also less commonly used to describe the insertion of ophthalmic lenses into an eyeglass frame.

5. Fritware - Wikipedia

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   A ninth-century corpus of 'proto-stonepaste' from Baghdad has "relict glass fragments" in its fabric. [7] The glass is alkali-lime-lead-silica and, when the paste was fired or cooled, wollastonite and diopside crystals formed within the glass fragments. The lack of "inclusions of crushed pottery" suggests these fragments did not come from a ...

6. Glass-ceramic - Wikipedia

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   Glass-ceramic materials share many properties with both glasses and ceramics. Glass-ceramics have an amorphous phase and one or more crystalline phases and are produced by a so-called "controlled crystallization" in contrast to a spontaneous crystallization, which is usually not wanted in glass manufacturing. Glass-ceramics have the fabrication ...

7. Insulated glazing - Wikipedia

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   A typical installation of insulated glass windows with uPVC frames. Fitting a second pane of glass to improve insulation began in Scotland, Germany, and Switzerland in the 1870s. [2] Insulating glass is an evolution from older technologies known as double-hung windows and storm windows. Traditional double-hung windows used a single pane of ...

8. Countertop - Wikipedia

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   Custom architectural crafted glass, tempered glass, textured glass pieces, and the ancient art of verre églomisé, or reverse gilded glass, are applied to contemporary uses including countertops, backsplashes, and tabletops. Glass work may be customized to suit by craftsmen in the studio, then installed on site either in small components (such ...

9. Convection oven - Wikipedia

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   Fan ovens cook food faster, and are also used in non-food, industrial applications. Small countertop convection ovens for household use are often marketed as air fryers. When cooking using a fan-assisted oven, the temperature is usually set lower than for a non-fan oven, often by 20 °C (36 °F), to avoid overcooking the outside of the food. [3]