Glass is too important a material to see a significant decline in its overall use. It is truly the most aesthetic of mateirals. In this article the author looks at the usage of glass during the next 15 years, and concludes that glass will penetrate at least three new areas: telecommunications; bio-medical uses; and thirdly, advances in glass coatings which will provide new property capabilities.
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Unknown
Journal Title
65Th Conference On Glass Problems 2004 181-190
Sector
General
Class
G 2998