Thursday, March 28, 2013

How It's Made: Glass Christmas Ornaments



Much of this video isn't too big on the materials science focus - ooh, glitter being glued on - but the aspect of the glass ornaments not being cooled down too quickly so they don't shatter is a nice application of the thermal expansion of glass and how that can affect its strength.

Plus there's some great chemistry in the inside silvering of the ornaments.

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