GLASS
What is the process of making the material:
Lightning striking sand melted it into long, thin tubes of glass, and volcanoes erupting melted rocks and sand into glass.
The earliest glass made by humans was probably a glaze on ceramic pottery made somewhere around 3000 B.C.
Today, three inexpensive ingredients, sand, soda ash, and lime, are melted together to make glass. This is done in large furnaces at high temperatures until the mixture become a syrupy mass. When this syrup cools, it is glass.
How long will the material last: Does not decompose
What makes the material corrode: Very few substances can corrode glass, only very specific acids can corrode and dissolve glass
What are the material's structural pros and cons:
PROS: Lets light in easily, add austhetic design features to building, easily made and manipulated
CONS: breaks easily, fragile
What is the material typically used for: windows and drinking vessels
What are the material's environmental impacts: Making glass adds pollution to the environment and effects the greenhouse
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