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  2. Polishing - Wikipedia

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    The strength of polished products can be higher than their unpolished counterparts owing to the removal of stress concentrations present in the rough surface during the polishing process. These concentrations take the form of corners and other defects, which magnify the local stress beyond the inherent strength of the material.

  3. Polishing (metalworking) - Wikipedia

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    A tarnished and unpolished silver bowl (left) and a polished silver piece (right). There is a visible difference in cleanliness and color. The piece held above the two bowls has also been polished. (These pieces are part of an 18th-century silver epergne in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art).

  4. Gloss (optics) - Wikipedia

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    Studies of polished metal surfaces and anodised aluminium automotive trim in the 1960s by Tingle, [7] [8] Potter and George led to the standardisation of gloss measurement of high gloss surfaces by goniophotometry under the designation ASTM E430. In this standard it also defined methods for the measurement of distinctness of image gloss and ...

  5. Glossary of glass art terms - Wikipedia

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    Feathering – creating feather-like patterns on a glass by dragging a metal tool across the surface of a newly applied wrap. Frit – crushed glass often melted onto other glass to produce patterns and color; Incalmo – the grafting or joining together, while still hot, of two separately blown glass [bubbles] to produce a single [bubble]. [4]

  6. Ground glass - Wikipedia

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    In motion-picture cameras, the ground glass is a small, usually removable piece of transparent glass that sits between the rotary disc shutter and the viewfinder. The ground glass usually contains precise markings to show the camera operator the boundaries of the frame or the center reticle, or any other important information. Because the ...

  7. Polished plate glass - Wikipedia

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    It is produced by casting glass onto a table and subsequently grinding and polishing the glass. This was originally done by hand, and then later by machine. It was an expensive process requiring a large capital investment. [1] Other methods of producing hand-blown window glass included: broad sheet, blown plate, crown glass and cylinder blown ...

  8. Glass polishing - Wikipedia

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    Glass polishing may refer to: the fine grinding of glass by abrasives to produce smooth surfaces or for artistic purposes the cleaning of the surfaces of glass objects to rid them of dirt, fingerprints, etc.

  9. Japanese sword polishing - Wikipedia

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    On high quality blades, only the back of the blade and the adjacent sides (called the shinogi-ji), are polished to a mirror-like surface. To bring out the grain and hamon, the center portion of the blade (called the hira), and the edge (the ha), are usually given a matte finish. Microscopic scratches in the surface vary, depending on hardness.

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