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gizmodo.com - 11/13/2008
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Did you know you could make glass on a regular charcoal grill? Sure it's incredibly flamey and pretty dangerous, but according to the folks at Pop Sci, it's possible! All you need to do is add washing soda, lime or borax to white-silica beach sand and a grill overclocked to reach temperatures ...
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popsci.com - 11/13/2008
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popsci.com —
All the components of glass can be found
in two places: the beach and the laundry room.
It’s possible to melt pure white-silica beach sand into glass, but only at temperatures of 3,000 to 3,500
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Making Glass in a Grill [With Video!]
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Guy Uses Regular BBQ Grill to Make Glass from Sand
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... gas grill to make glass from sand. To be more specific, all you "need to do is add washing soda, lime or borax to white-silica beach sand and a grill overclocked to reach temperatures of 2000-degrees F." Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.
I mixed the finely ground ingredients together and heated them in a cast-iron pot, then poured the molten glass into a graphite mold and pressed it down with a graphite stamp.
[via Gizmodo - Popsci]
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