The Sandy Desilication Product Process Concept | SpringerLink
glass: (1) the melting of quartz sand (minute crystals of silica), (2) the shaping of the glass while in a viscous state and (3) the controlled cooling of the shaped article. The 5. LN–7 SiO4 tetrahedra in the sand (crystals) are arranged in an ordered pattern (fig. 4), but in