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quartz glass
noun
: vitreous silica prepared from pure quartz and noted for its transparency to ultraviolet radiation
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Super-pure quartz, mined and produced at few facilities around the world, is used to ensure the purity of molten silicon used as the base for manufacturing semiconductor wafers, as well as for semiconductor crucibles and quartz glass products like windows, rods, and tubes.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
It’s all stainless steel with quartz glass tube propane heater.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 12 Oct. 2022
Long-term storage mediums like quartz glass may have applications for public safety as well.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2019
Project Silica is focusing on quartz glass, made from the crystalline form of one of the most plentiful minerals in the Earth’s crust.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2019
Aldrin placed an array -- an arrangement of 100 quartz glass prisms in rows -- on the surface.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 July 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1861, in the meaning defined above
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“Quartz glass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quartz%20glass. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Medical Definition
quartz glass
noun
: vitreous silica prepared from pure quartz and noted for its transparency to ultraviolet radiation
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