Modern Chemistry, Lesson 136: Some Applications of Silicate Chemistry - Glass

Duration: 30 min

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation

Description: Points out that the large polymeric groups in quartz and in silicates make them high melting, viscous when liquid, and difficult to crystallize. Shows some of the special properties of silica gel.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)