A Bright Future For Glass-Ceramics

From their glorious past, starting with their accidental discovery, to successful commercial products, such as: thermal resistant cookware; high performance use in aircraft and missiles; electronics; optics; mechanics and biology; satellite mirrors; construction materials; dental glass-ceramics; bioactive glass-ceramics; transparent glass-ceramics; glass-ceramic armor, to name but a few applications. The impressive range of properties and exciting potential applications of glass-ceramics indeed ensure a bright future, as explained in this article.