Glass

Paul Humphrey

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Educational

Sujets

• Science
• Materials
• Stem

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• Publié par: Read Zone
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783881765
• Langue: English

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CONTENTS
What is glass?
4
Using glass
6
Where does glass come from?
8
Making glass
10
Shaping glass
12
Glass-blowing
14
Making glass safe
16
Building with glass
18
Recycling glass
20
Glass fact file
22
Glossary
23
Further information
24
Index
24
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WHAT IS GLASS?
Glass is a hard, see-through material . We look through glass windows to
see the world outside. Glass is used in TV and computer screens, oven doors
and the glasses we wear to help us see better.