Glass Sand

Alternate Names: Silicon dioxide, silica, quartz sand

Oxide	Analysis	Formula
SiO2	100.00%	678.87
Al2O3	0.25%	1.00
Oxide Weight		40,902.00
Formula Weight		40,902.00

Notes

Used in glass containers, flat glass, fiber glass insulation, frit production and a variety of other specialty glass products. We have included a token impurity just as a reminder that these products are not completely pure.

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Materials	Edgar Glass Sand
Materials	Silica Silica, sold as a white powder, is pure quartz mineral. Quartz is pure SiO2 silicon dioxide. It is the most abundant mineral on earth and most used in ceramics.
Materials	Crystalline Silica
Typecodes	Silica/Quartz Quartz is very abundant and there are many grades and name brands.
URLs	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz Quartz on WikiPedia
URLs	https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/safety-and-health-at-work/resources-library/publications/WCMS_118100/lang--en/index.htm Crystalline silica in respirable airborne dusts at International Labour Organization
URLs	https://www.ussilica.com/ U.S. SILICA Website
URLs	http://www.u-s-silica.com/msds.htm Example of a glass sand MSDS
Oxides	SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide, Silica

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