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Glass Manufacturing
96 percent silica. Sodalime glass, since it constitutes 77 percent of total glass production, is discussed here. Sodalime glass consists of sand, limestone, soda ash, and cullet (broken glass). The manufacture of such glass is in four phases: (1) preparation of raw material, (2) melting in a furnace, (3) forming and (4) finishing. Figure 11 ...