Water Content Of Sulfate-Fined Industrial Soda-Lime Glass And Its Influence On Workability

This paper aims to, (a) systematically determine by IR spectroscopy the water content of sulfate-fined industrial soda-lime glass (mainly container and float, household and technical glass) produced in Italy; (b) to highlight the influence of redox state, melting conditions, batch and cullet addition on the water content; (c) to check the consistency with time and between different feeders of the water content in the glass produce by a given furnace and (d) to assess possible correlations between water content and workability in container glass.