Glass coloring and color marking

Beer bottles of different colors

Glass coloring and color marking may be obtained in several ways.

  1. by the addition of coloring ions,[1][2]
  2. by precipitation of nanometer-sized colloids (so-called striking glasses[1] such as "gold ruby"[3] or red "selenium ruby"),[2]
    Ancient Roman enamelled glass, 1st century, Begram Hoard
  3. by colored inclusions (as in milk glass and smoked glass)
  4. by light scattering (as in phase separated glass)[2]
  5. by dichroic coatings (see dichroic glass), or
  6. by colored coatings
  1. ^ a b Bernard H. W. S. De Jong, Ruud G. C. Beerkens, Peter A. van Nijnatten: "Glass", in: "Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry"; Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2002, doi:10.1002/14356007.a12_365
  2. ^ a b c Werner Vogel: "Glass Chemistry"; Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K; 2nd revised edition (November 1994), ISBN 3-540-57572-3
  3. ^ Formation of Gold Nanoparticles in Gold Ruby Glass: The influence of Tin

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