Is Glass a Liquid?

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1. Its Made from Sand

Depending on how it is made, glass is completely transparent, so some people might think that it is made from something else that is also transparent. The reality is that it is not made from something transparent and is made from something that is very common sand. To make glass, sand is mixed with soda ash and lime and the mixture is then heated to approximately 1700 degrees Celsius. This turns the mixture into a liquid and when this liquid is then left to cool, it turns into glass. Even after the process, glass remains the same compound it was before being treated silica.

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