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Encyclopedia of glass science, technology, history, and culture/

"The Encyclopedia does not aim at reviewing highly specialized information but at providing a wide readership with a scholarly guidance to the current literature on the most varied aspects of the making, uses and history of glass. In preamble, a general introduction first presents fundamental (...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley Online Library (Online service); American Ceramic Society.
Group Author: Richet, Pascal.; Conradt, Reinhard; Takada, Akira; Dyon, Joël
Published: Wiley : American Ceramic Society,
Publisher Address: Hoboken, New Jersey :
Publication Dates: 2021.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Glass > Encyclopedias.
Glass manufacture > Encyclopedias.
Electronic books.
Online Access: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118801017
Summary: "The Encyclopedia does not aim at reviewing highly specialized information but at providing a wide readership with a scholarly guidance to the current literature on the most varied aspects of the making, uses and history of glass. In preamble, a general introduction first presents fundamental (but not widely known) features of glass and then turns to basic concepts of glass science. The Encyclopedia proper is made up of ten sections that successively deal with industrial glassmaking, glass structure, physical, transport and chemical properties, interactions with light, inorganic glass families, organically related glasses, environmental and other issues, and finally with the history of glass in a broad sense. As made clear by the section introductions, chapters are arranged in a logical order to ensure overall consistency and avoid useless repetitions, and they also address newly investigated topics to ensure that the Encyclopedia remains a reference work for many years to come. As a conclusion, important recent advance are reviewed by C.A. Angel in the form of a personal retrospective"--
Item Description: Description based on print version record.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxxiv, 797 pages)
Also available in print.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781118801017 (electronic bk.)
9781118799420
Index Number: TP788
CLC: TQ171.7-61

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