The most common type of glass manufactured and the type used in most fluorescent tubes and incandescent bulbs. Soda-lime glass is made from a combination of sand, limestone, and sodium carbonate, and can either be clear or colored.
The most common glass used in glass bead making because it comes in a wide array of colors and retains a workable consistency longer than other types of glasses. At about 17000, the glass becomes the consistency of hot taffy, and then shaped into the desired form. Each type of glass has it's own "working rules", and cannot be used with different types of glass.
A glass with a substantial portion of lime in the formula.
The most common type of glass made from soda, lime and silica.
A glass whose main constituents are Silicon Dioxide (SiO2), Sodium Oxide (Na2O) and Calcium Oxide (CaO). Sodium Oxide is called Soda Ash in its raw form and Calcium Oxide is likewise called lime, hence the name “Soda-Lime.†This type of glass formula is as old as glassmaking and lends itself to broad industrial uses due to its inexpensive material costs and ease of working in its molten form. Most decorative art glasses are made from this general formula and can be found around the household in the forms of drinking glasses and plate glass windows. Soda-lime glasses are not very chemically durable and are subject to fracturing from quick thermal changes.
Historically, the most common form of glass. It contains three major compounds in varying proportions, but usually silica (about 60-75 percent), soda (12-18 percent), and lime (5-12 percent). Soda-lime glasses are relatively light, and upon heating, they remain plastic and workable over a wide range of temperatures. They lend themselves, therefore, to elaborate manipulative techniques.
Soda-lime glass is the kind of glass which is most widely used for various purposes. It can be processed so inexpensively that it is used for windowpanes or bottles.
