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quartz glass

A clear vitreous solid, formed by melting pure silica, that can withstand high temperatures and is extremely transparent to infrared, visible, and ultraviolet radiations. Also called fused quartz, fused silica.

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quartz glass

(Ceramics) a colourless glass composed of almost pure silica, resistant to very high temperatures and transparent to near-ultraviolet radiation. Also called: silica glass or nitreous silica Sometimes shortened to: quartz

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quartz′ glass`

a strong vitreous substance formed by the fusion of silica at high temperature.

[1900–05]

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quartz glass - colorless glass made of almost pure silica

lechatelierite, quartz, vitreous silica, crystal

natural glass - magma of any composition that cooled very rapidly

silica, silicon dioxide, silicon oxide - a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite

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