molten glass

collocation in English

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molten
adjective
uk
/ˈməʊl.tən/us
/ˈmoʊl.tən/
Molten metal or rock is in a liquid state because of ...
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glass
noun
uk
/ɡlɑːs/us
/ɡlæs/
a hard, transparent material, used to make windows, bottles, and ...
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(Definition ofmoltenandglassfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The first, which contains a crucible ofmoltenglass, is simply referred to as the furnace.
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A small diameter hand-held roller is manipulated forcefully over a sheet ofmoltenglassto produce heavy ripples, while folding and creasing the entire sheet.
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It housed two nine-pot furnaces, with each clay pot holding over three thousand pounds ofmoltenglass.
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Moltenglassis poured into the moulds then cooled until hard enough to be removed and placed into an annealing kiln to cool slowly.
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At the bottom of the draw is the pit or place where themoltenglassis sufficiently cooled to be close to forming temperature.
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The reverse of the roundel is hollowed out, creating a mould for casting replicas of the image inmoltenglass.
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It could make windows four times as large because a larger cylinder was extracted from the tank ofmoltenglass.
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The objects were produced by blowingmoltenglassinto a mold, thereby causing the glass to assume the shape and pattern design of the mold.
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Water is used to cool the furnace, compressor and unusedmoltenglass.
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In the processing of glass-ceramics,moltenglassis cooled down gradually before reheating and annealing.
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For distinct textures the metal cylinder can be imprinted with a pattern that is pressed into themoltenglassas it passes through the rollers.
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A sheet of glass is formed whenmoltenglassflows down both sides of a tapered trough and rejoins, or fuses, at the bottom.
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Tin is suitable for the float glass process because it has a high specific gravity, is cohesive, and is immiscible withmoltenglass.
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The glassworker can then quickly inflate themoltenglassto a coherent blob and work it into a desired shape.
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Sodium nitrate is used to remove air bubbles frommoltenglassand some ceramics.
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At each demonstration, the glassmaker takes a glob ofmoltenglassand shapes the globs into vases, bowls, or sculptures.
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The hollow base was built up by coiling strands ofmoltenglassaround a conical core.
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By skimming the top of themoltenglass, unreacted and undissolved chlorides and sulfates in the mixture were removed.
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