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alphacyberranger to [email protected]English • 2 years ago

LionGlass: New Type of Glass That's Greener and 10x More Damage Resistant

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alphacyberranger to [email protected]English • 2 years ago
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Globally, glass manufacturing emits at least 86 million tons of carbon dioxide annually. However, a new type of glass called LionGlass, developed by Penn State researchers, offers the potential to reduce this carbon output by 50%. Not only does this innovative glass demand considerably less energy f
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  • @[email protected]
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    Glass that’s greener?

    Shouldn’t it be the grass that’s always greener?

    • @[email protected]
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      Glass is greener on the other side due to physics

      • @[email protected]
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        Soda lime glass, yes.

    • @[email protected]
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      Oh that ok. It’s not green on this side.

  • @[email protected]
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    pass, I want clear glass.

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      I’m still waiting until we switch to transparent aluminum. some crazy Scottish guy in San Fransisco traded the formula for a bunch of plexiglas back in the mid-80s.

      • @[email protected]
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        this stuff? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_oxynitride

        • FishInABarrel
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          That’s a ceramic. Not exactly what people mean when they say “aluminum.” I mean, if that’s considered aluminum, then so is sapphire.

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            neither is “transparent”

            this IS what I was talking about, or, rather, the real-world version of it. I was making a Star Trek reference in my previous comment, for those who didn’t catch it.

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          yes

  • @[email protected]
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    Ohhhh! Greener as in more environmentally friendly, not color.

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    But is it cost effective?

    • HubertManne
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      they don’t say but it uses significantlly less energy which I believe is the biggest expense in glassmaking. Im hoping it can be a replacement and that we might see more glass containers come back given its greater strength thus lower chance at shattering from a fall.

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    Sounds pretty neat!

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