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borosilicate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Borosilicate \Bo"ro*sil"i*cate\, n. [Boron + silicate.] (Chem.) A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.
Wiktionary
n. (context inorganic compound English) Any of various minerals whose structure is formally that of a dual salt of boric acid and silicic acids.
WordNet
n. a salt of boric and silicic acids
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "borosilicate".
If we want to make more than just small quantities of borosilicate laboratory glassware, we will want to exploit nearer sources.
Down-time glassworkers will need to adapt to the special properties of borosilicate glass.
These glasses are all more resistant to high temperature, heat shock, and corrosive agents than borosilicate glass, but also more difficult to make and work.
While the Grantville Library provides critical information concerning both lead-alkali and borosilicate glass, the fact remains that quality control is going to be an ongoing problem.
We will be coaxing Venetian and Thuringian glassmakers to make chemically resistant borosilicate glass, importing and refining Japanese zinc, and producing a variety of industrial chemicals.
Many of the larger samples were layered: Borosilicate on the outside, some alkali-barium beneath that, and something that looks like passivation glass under that.
Frozen embryosin liquid nitrogen were transported in a special stainless steel thermos lined with borosilicate glass called a dewar.
We will be coaxing Venetian and Thuringian glassmakers to make chemically resistant borosilicate glass, importing and refining Japanese zinc, and producing a variety of industrial chemicals.
It was composed entirely of black borosilicates, tough and unyielding, save for a trio of bright pink eyes.
The fluorescent ceiling panels are far too bright because borosilicate glass is worked at temperatures exceeding twenty-two hundred degrees Fahrenheit, it emits significant amounts of intense light that can damage anyone's eyes, not just mine.
You can't just order sheet mica (or rubber, or borosilicate glass, or gasoline, for that matter) over the phone or internet, and have it on your doorstep a few days later.
New types of glass (notably borosilicate and lead-alkali glass) will make possible much improved laboratory glassware and optical instruments.
Borosilicate glass, such as that sold under the trademark Pyrex, is preferred, because it is especially resistant to acids, high temperatures, and sudden changes in temperature (thermal shock).