制造平板玻璃的浮法工艺是由阿利斯泰尔·皮尔金顿发明的。
The float process for making flat glass was invented by Alistair Pilkington.
玻璃是用途十分广泛的非晶态材料，浮法工艺是目前生产平板玻璃的主流工艺，世界各国都十分重视其关键技术的研究。
The float process is now the main technique for the production of flat glass and the whole world is carrying out the researches on critical techniques of such process.
若能实现浮法大规模生产硼硅酸盐平板玻璃，则其应用领域可以扩展到建筑防火，液晶显示器，以及太阳能电池等领域。
Its application can be expanded into fire-resistant glass, LCD and solar battery if the borosilicate glass be produced by float technics in larger scale.
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