Excerpt From: High Temperature Glass Melt Property Database For Modeling

Methodical studies of glass properties were initiated in the 19th century and considerably improved the use of glasses for special applications, eg optics, thermometers, and as thermal shock resistant material. Winkelmann and Schott published the first model that allowed the prediction of glass properties based on chemical composition, using the additivity principle, i.e. multiple regression using linear functions. This article discusses a new property database for modeling covering statistical analysis of viscosity, electrical resistivity, and further glass melt properties.