The second is more complicated: metallic glass is an odd material and many will get this wrong.

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To enable this material to store electrical energy, two layers of woven fibres are made into a sandwich, separated by a thin layer of a glass-based insulating material.

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In 1931 American chemical engineer Samuel Kistler invented the lightest known solid--an aerogel--by drying a form of silicon dioxide (a raw material for glass) under intense pressure and high temperature.

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This creates a material that combines the strength of glass with the toughness of metal, resulting in a very strong material.

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The nanotubes are mixed into a compound called "bucky gel" to prevent clumping, and after some rubber-like flourinated copolymer is mixed in and it's all poured onto a glass plate, holes are punched in the material to better flexibility.

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With glass as well as plastic in mind you might want to look into another raw material, soda ash.

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The material to be tested is liquefied and passed through a filter made up of glass beads which are coated with the antibodies.

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Currently, the company hasn't decided which glass it'll use ( Gorilla Glass 2, anyone?), but assured us that it'll be a robust material.

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The raw material is converted into soda ash, used in detergents and pharmaceuticals and in the manufacturing of glass.

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Layers of material which work as filters, electrodes, transistors and the liquid crystal itself are deposited onto a thin glass plate to form a sandwich that is covered with another pane of glass.

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