For purpose of casting polymer on glass plates, glass plate has to be selected. There are hydrophobic and hydrophilic glass plates. I want to know nature of materials at which most casting glass plate are made? Thanks
Sand casting involves the use of hot molten glass poured directly into a preformed mould.[5] It is a process similar to casting metal into a mould. The sand mould is typically prepared by using a mixture of clean sand and a small proportion of the water-absorbing clay bentonite. Bentonite acts as a binding material. In the process, a small amount of water is added to the sand-bentonite mixture and this is well mixed and sifted before addition to an open topped container. A template is prepared (typically made of wood, or a found object or even a body part such as a hand or fist) which is tightly pressed into the sand to make a clean impression. This impression then forms the mould.
The surface of the mould can be covered in coloured glass powders or frits to give a surface colour to the sand cast glass object. When the mould preparation is complete hot glass is ladled from the furnace at temperatures of about 1,200 °C (2,190 °F) to allow it to freely pour. The hot glass is poured directly into the mould. During the pouring process, glass or compatible objects may be placed to later give the appearance of floating in the solid glass object.[6] This very immediate and dynamic method was pioneered and perfected in the 1980s by the Swedish artist Bertil Vallien.
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The surface of the polymer must be treated before casting the glass, as the glass and the polymer have no interaction between them (the glass is inert).
To make this interaction, a surface treatment of the glass or polymer (depending on which are the substrate) must be done by etching and then using coupling agent materials that create mechanical interlocking as a result of etching and chemical interaction as a result of the added coupling materials.
Sand casting involves the use of hot molten glass poured directly into a preformed mould.[5] It is a process similar to casting metal into a mould. The sand mould is typically prepared by using a mixture of clean sand and a small proportion of the water-absorbing clay bentonite. Bentonite acts as a binding material. In the process, a small amount of water is added to the sand-bentonite mixture and this is well mixed and sifted before addition to an open topped container. A template is prepared (typically made of wood, or a found object or even a body part such as a hand or fist) which is tightly pressed into the sand to make a clean impression. This impression then forms the mould.
The surface of the mould can be covered in coloured glass powders or frits to give a surface colour to the sand cast glass object. When the mould preparation is complete hot glass is ladled from the furnace at temperatures of about 1,200 °C (2,190 °F) to allow it to freely pour. The hot glass is poured directly into the mould. During the pouring process, glass or compatible objects may be placed to later give the appearance of floating in the solid glass object.[6] This very immediate and dynamic method was pioneered and perfected in the 1980s by the Swedish artist Bertil Vallien.
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