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clear and low-iron float glass
The float glass process is the most common method of flat glass production in the world. This process involves pouring recycled glass, silica sand, limestone and soda ash from a furnace onto a large bed of molten tin. This mixture slowly solidifies over the molten tin as it enters the annealing oven where it travels along rollers under a controlled cooling process. From this point the glass emerges in one continuous long ribbon where it is then cut and further processed to customer specification.
See also pages 122-123.
The ultra clear character of Starphire glass is exemplified in this visitor centre project. The difference between the unglazed lower level breezeway and the Starphire glazed area is nearly imperceptible. Contrast that to the green appearance of the glass hand rails which are glazed with conventional clear glass.
The ordinary clear glass sample on the right changes the view through colour, unlike the Starphire sample on the left. Starphire compared to the dark green edge of ordinary clear glass (10mm thick glass).