Material: Decorative Glass

Supplier: Masterpiece Glass and Aluminum Supply and General

Merchandise, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan.
Usage: Decorative glass can add beauty, light, privacy and a feeling of
space to the interior or exterior of almost any kind of building. A
versatile and sustainable material, decorative glass opens up a
wide range of opportunities for artistic expression. It enables
designers to bring their vision to life with architectural and
interior design features that also meet a variety of functional
and sustainability requirements. Its use can range from doors
(especially shower doors) to stairways and hand rails, desks,
tables and walls. Furniture made of glass is classified as
decorative glass, as are shelves and floors made of glass.
Composition:
70% Silica (sand) SiO2 , 18% Sodium oxide (soda ash) Na2O,
12% Calcium carbonate (lime) CaO melted at around 1320
degrees Celsius makes a typical glass which can be formed by
blowing by mouth or machine, by casting, by pressing and by
drawing. Sand is the major glass forming component and sand
of good enough quality is found in many parts of the world.
Glass sand should not be too coarse and not too fine and
should not contain more than 0,03% iron oxide FeO3 unless to
make a green or brown glass where iron is a key coloring
agent. Soda lowers the melting temperature of silica and act as
a refining agent, while calcium is a stabilizer. A typical source
for calcium carbonate is natural limestone, dolomite or marble,
providing it contains less than 5-15% magnesium oxide MgO.
Material: Frosted Glass
Supplier: Masterpiece Glass & Aluminum Supply & General Merchandise
Usage: Frosted glass is a beautiful solution for homeowners who want
privacy, better light control and an artistic edge to their homes.
These glasses are extremely easy to install and come in a wide
range of applications that can transform a room’s view instantly.
A sheet of frosted glass is an excellent privacy aid because it
admits light without allowing people to see through it. Frosted
glass keeps a room bright and friendly while still allowing
people to be comfortable.
Composition:
Sand or Silica or Silicon dioxide is the major component making
up to 70% or more. Calcium carbonate (aragonite, sea shells),
Sodium carbonate (soda ash), Potassium carbonate (potash),
and barium carbonate or sulfate (barites) are the next major
components and are known as modifiers. Sodium sulfate,
Arsenic oxide, antimony oxide, tin oxide (rutile), and sodium
chloride are added as fining agents to help reduce the bubble
size and aid in the re-absorption of the gases into the glass
matrix. Iron, cobalt, manganese, and chromium generally in the
form of oxides are introduced into the glass as colorants. The
frosting composition comprises up to 50 parts by weight of an
inorganic particle embedded in a polymer based on less than
about 50 parts by weight of a solvent and covers at least 5% of
the total surface area of the glass substrate.