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Glass-ceramics Evolution & Kitaigorodskii

Russian scientist Isaak Il’ich Kitaigorodskii played a central role in shaping the field of glass and glass-ceramic development, significantly expanding potential applications of these novel materials. Our well-known glass-ceramics textbooks by McMillan,1 Hlaváč,2 and Höland & Beall3 highlight the history of a key discovery: In 1739, French chemist René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur became the first …

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LionGlass

Researchers at Penn State University, USA, have created a new family of glass compositions, called Lionglass, that will help lower energy costs and extend tank lifetimes. Lionglass is a new family of glass chemistry developed by a team of glass researchers at Penn State University. LionGlass is meant to replace soda lime silicate glass — the …

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