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Quartz is not glass. Quartz is a crystal.
by gjmulhol 11y ago
Quartz is not glass. Quartz is a crystal.
- gnoway 11y agoQuartz glass refers to fused quartz, which is a glass. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fused_quartz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fused_quartz
- gjmulhol 11y agoYou are indeed correct. This article uses quartz and quartz glass interchangeably, so I assumed the author was making the sapphire/"sapphire glass" error (because sapphire is never a glass) but upon checking out the original article, you are right, they are working on fused silica.