New glass cuts carbon footprint by nearly half and is 10x more damage resistant
New glass cuts carbon footprint by nearly half and is 10x more damage resistant
www.psu.edu New glass cuts carbon footprint by nearly half and is 10x more damage resistant | Penn State University
Worldwide, glass manufacturing produces at least 86 million tons of carbon dioxide every year. A new type of glass promises to cut this carbon footprint in half. The invention, called LionGlass and engineered by researchers at Penn State, requires significantly less energy to produce and is much mor...
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Patent link:
https://patents.justia.com/patent/20220332632
Relevant blurb from another article:
"The family of new glass compositions, which the team calls LionGlass, get their new powers by swapping the soda ash and limestone for either aluminium oxide or an iron compound. The silica content can vary from 40% to 90% by weight."
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