And are they just not made of a metal since glass mirrors are finish with metals.
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Glass is more dimensionally stable - it doesn't expand or contract when the temperature changes - and it can be polished to a very smooth surface.   The finish is a very very thin layer of metal.\n\nRead "The Perfect Machine" by Ronald Florence if you want to learn more.
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usually metals are used to color the compounds. Look at glass blowing webites its similar in the construction. There are also salts that can be used.
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A standard faucet is made of nickel and chrome plated brass. Lamp parts are made of brass. Standard flatware is made of 18/8 stainless steel, which is 18%chrome and 8%nickel. any rass items are made of Copper and zinc. Bronze items are made with copper and tin. Household wiring obviously is made of 99.9% copper. Some mixing bowls are made of copper.(Great for making meringue). Nickel by itself is WAY to expensive so there are not many things out there that are made entirely of nickel. Circuit boards are made of tin coated copper. Be imaginitve...  :-)
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this glass is only produced for home use...it has a certain amount of chemical in it & that chemical mix of glass is protected by copyright\n\nIt is not suited for auto use but lends itself to illegal activities & hightened security risk of peace officers...\n\nTherefore ... the manufacturers of this glass have agreed to limit it to use in buildings & will not produce an auto version..\n\nas for who makes it...?\n\ni don't know
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Well, lets see ... there's plastic, steel, and nylon for sure.  \n\nAnd possibly ...adhesives, polystyrene, paint, glass (this one's a little iffy because it does occur in nature, albeit infrequently)
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On a recent camping trip, we put an empty glass bottle into the fire to try to melt it.  It half melted into an interesting shape.  We fished it out and allowed it to cool.  After it had completely cooled it had micro cracks all over it.  The next day, with no outside influence, the bottle broke from the internal stresses that it got in the fire.  Glass is an amorphous material.  It is actually a supercooled liquid.  A plate glass window will get a wider thickness on the bottom and a thinner thickness on the top.  It takes a very long time for the thickness to be noticeable.  but it will eventually flow down into a puddle.  This will take about 200,000 years.\n\nGlass, basically, is very brittle.  Brittle materials break easily.
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pretty sure its a metal.\nhope this helps. :)
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If the energy of the light does not correspond to the difference in two energy levels in the atoms it hits, the light will pass through. The vast majority of photons are passed through the glass this way. The rest are reflected at the surface or absorbed and dispersed.
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Usually they are mostly titanium.  There is a small plastic piece that works kinda like the cartilage in your knee that is inserted between the two metal parts.
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they will rust. metal does that when it gets cold have water on it.
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No, they're not real.
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They use stainless steel wires, and its not a neat job. You should see my X ray pictures. It looks like my three year old trying to lace his shoes.
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Mirrors reflect smell too!!! did ya know????????
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A\nB would be for a polished surface,\nC and D are never true (although on a macroscopic scale it can appear that they are).
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Do you mean supercooled substances?\n\nIf so, glasses are the best example and are made by melting a salt and quickly cooling it so that it does not return to its original form.  I don't believe you should have any trouble pointing out the various contributions of glass to our lives.
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I agree with okoko. The glass protects the reflective silver from scratching. It would probably be undesirable if you wanted to prevent ghost images - light has a refractive index AND partially and transmits and partially reflects the light incident upon it.
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because they are made of steel