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Aventurine glass

Manufacturing; Glass

A coloured glass produced by adding an extra amount of a metal oxide during founding. The quantity of the metal oxide is such that it cannot remain in solution and forms crystals large enough to ...

Badging

Manufacturing; Glass

A process of etching glass by applying an acid paste to the glass surface with a rubber stamp to produce the desired effect.

Ball gatherer

Manufacturing; Glass

A machine that collects a specified quantity of molten glass from the glass furnace and transfers it to a forming station. The process is usually accomplished by an automatically-controlled arm ...

Banding

Manufacturing; Glass

The application of decorative bands of enamel or precious-metal compounds to glass containers such as tumblers, cups, cosmetics bottles, etc. Banding can be done manually or by a machine.

Barium oxide (BaO) is used to replace lead in the production of optical glasses and other crystal glass in order to achieve a similar refractive index. While lead oxide raised the refractive index, ...