CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS

**Definition:** This place covers:

Chemical composition of

Surface treatment of glass, surface treatment of fibres or filaments from glass, minerals or slags

Joining glass to glass or other materials by fusing, by specially adapted adhesive, interlayer

Joining metals with the aid of glass

**Glossary:** - Glass: amorphous material - Glass-ceramics: material having a crystalline phase dispersed in a glassy phase and obtained after formation of a solid glass - Glass batch: raws materials of glass before melting - Glass composition: Materials forming the glass after melting - Ceramic: monocrystalline or polycrystalline material - Glaze: Thin vitrified layer on a ceramic - Enamel: Thin vitrified layer on a metal or a glass - Slag: Partially vitrified by-product obtained when making metal