Chapter 12 GLASSWORKING

Multiple Choice Quiz

There are 15 correct answers in this multiple choice quiz. To achieve a perfect score on the quiz, all correct
answers must be given. Each correct answer is worth 1 point. Each omitted answer or wrong answer reduces
the score by 1 point. Percentage score on the quiz is based on the total number of correct answers.
12.1 Which one of the following terms refers to the glassy state of a material: (a) crystalline, (b) devitrified,
(c) polycrystalline, (d) vitiated, or (e) vitreous?

12.2 Besides helping to preserve the environment, the use of recycled glass as an ingredient of the starting
material in glassmaking serves what other useful purpose (one answer): (a) adds coloring variations to the
glass for aesthetic value, (b) makes the glass easier to melt, (c) makes the glass stronger, or (d) reduces odors
in the plant?

12.3 Classifying the sand to be melted into molten glass before shaping is best defined by which one of the
following: (a) grouping the grains according to size, (b) mixing the batch to achieve uniform distribution of
grain sizes, (c) preheating the batch, (d) sorting the grains according to color, or (e) washing the sand
particles?

12.4 The charge in glassworking is which one of the following: (a) the duration of the melting cycle, (b) the
electric energy required to melt the glass, (c) the name given to the melting furnace, or (d) the starting
materials in melting?

12.5 Typical glass melting temperatures are in which of the following ranges: (a) 400 C to 500 C, (b)
900C to 1000C, (c) 1500C to 1600C, or (d) 2000C to 2200C?

12.6 Which one of the following processes or processing steps is not applicable in glassworking: (a)
annealing, (b) pressing, (c) quenching, or (d) sintering?

12.7 Glass spinning is a glassworking process used to produce which of the following types of products: (a)
filaments for fiber optics, (b) flat plates, (c) funnel-shaped components, (d) lenses, or (e) tubes?

12.8 The press-and-blow process is best suited to the production of narrow-necked beverage bottles, while the
blow-and-blow process is more appropriate for producing wide-mouthed jars: (a) true or (b) false?
12.9 Casting is a glassworking process used for (a) high production, (b) low production, or (c) medium
production?

12.10 The process used to produce flat plat glass in which molten glass flows onto the surface of molten tin is
called which one of the following: (a) casting, (b) Danner process, (c) float process, (d) molten tin process, or
(e) rolling?

12.11 Which one of the following processes is used to produce glass tubing: (a) Danner process, (b)
centrifugal casting, (c) pressing, or (d) spinning?

12.12 Centrifugal spraying is used to produce which one of the following: (a) continuous filaments of glass,
(b) glass powders, (c) glass wool, or (d) thin coatings of glass on the surface of metal?

12.13 If a glass part with a wall thickness of 5 mm (0.20 in) takes 10 minutes to anneal, how much time
would a glass part of similar geometry but with a wall thickness of 7.5 mm (0.30 in) take to anneal (choose
the one closest answer): (a) 10 minutes, (b) 15 minutes, (c) 20 minutes, or (c) 30 minutes?

12.14 A lehr is which of the following: (a) a lion's den, (b) a melting furnace, (c) a sintering furnace, (d) an
annealing furnace, or (e) none of the above?

Answer. (d).
12.15 Tempered glass is used for all but which one of the following products: (a) all-glass doors, (b)
automobile windshields, (c) safety glasses, (d) windows for tall buildings?