Raw Materials For Glass Making - A Review

Raw materials for glassmaking are reviewed, under the headings of what they introduce into the glass or what they do in the melting process, or in the batch mixture itself. The headings are: Network formers; Intermediates; Network modifiers; Fluxes; Stabilisers; Colourants; Oxidising/reducing agents; Opalisers; Nucleation catalysts; Accelerating and refining agents; Cullet; Water; Surface active agents; Rare Earths; Materials for non-oxide and other special glasses. Many other raw materials and glass constituents are reviewed.