Foam glass
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foam-glass-188-9671952
title:
Foam glass
text:
Foam glass is a porous glass foam material. Its advantages as a building material include its light weight, high strength, and thermal and acoustic insulating properties. It is made by heating a mixture of crushed or granulated glass and a blowing agent (chemical foaming agent) such as carbon or limestone. Near the melting point of the glass, the blowing agent releases a gas, producing a foaming effect in the glass. After cooling the mixture hardens into a rigid material with gas-filled closed-c
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Porous glass foam material used as a building material
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foam_glass
date created:
2015-09-22T06:26:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T21:16:06Z
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