Silica glass

Description

A Glass made only with Silica. Silica glass has a very low thermal expansion coefficient and is used for windows in high temperature environments.

Synonyms and Related Terms

fused silica; fused quartz

Physical and Chemical Properties

• Density = 2.20-2.21 g/ml

Resources and Citations

• Science Direct at https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/silica-glass density=2.20 (Accessed 8/20)

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 708

• Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Robert Weast (ed.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, v. 61, 1980 Comment: density=2.21