Question

Indicate the principal ingredients of the following: Soft glass

Answer 1

Soft glass is the acronym used for Soda-lime glass. By the name itself it can be determined that what are the main constituents for the preparation of soft glass. It is the most common type of glass manufactured and used by humans for different purposes.

Complete step by step answer:
-The soda lime glass is formed of 70 % silica chemically known as silicon dioxide, 15 % soda chemically known as sodium oxide and 9% lime chemically known as calcium oxide and the minimum amount of several other compounds.
-The chemical formula of soft glass is $N{a_2}O.CaO.6Si{O_2}$.
-For the preparation of soda-lime glass, the soda is treated as a flux which helps to decrease the temperature at which the silica starts to melt. The lime behaves as an stabilizer for the silica.
-The soda lime glass is not so expensive and is highly chemically stable, reasonably hard. The soda-lime glass is extremely workable as is capable of being softened multiple times.
-These properties of soda-lime glass make it suitable for the production and manufacturing of various glass products like light bulbs, bottes, art objects and window panes.

Additional information: The other type of glass is borosilicate glass whose main composition is silica and boron trioxide. The soda lime glass accounts 90% for the manufacturing of glass.

Note:
The chemical compounds common for both the glasses soda-lime glass and borosilicate glass are silicon dioxide, boron trioxide, sodium oxide and aluminium oxide but they differ the proportionation ratio in both forms of glasses.