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Glass Bending
Normal Community High School 

 

     Yellow flame color is from sodium in glass.

 

Glass Bending

Caution:  Wear safety goggles and do not to touch HOT glass.. 

 

 

Bend angel hair glass.  

 

                                                                          Making a U-tube bend in a thin wall glass tube.

 

Concepts:  Glass cutting, bending, and fire-polishing.    Look at sodium based glass through cobalt glass (blue colored) to absorb yellow flame color.   Glass is a viscous fluid.

Time Required:  15 minutes

Materials  Provided:  angel hair glass, thin walled glass tubing, Bunsen burner with flame spreader, glass cutter 

                                     
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                   

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  Last Updated:  November 14, 2002