Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A salt that is derived from both boric acid and silicic acid and occurs naturally in dumortierite.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A double salt, in which both boric and silicic acids are combined with a basic radical, as datolite, which is a borosilicate of calcium. Also called
silicoborate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun inorganic chemistry Any of various
minerals whose structure is formally that of a dualsalt ofboric andsilicic acids .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a salt of boric and silicic acids
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Examples
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Immobilize waste in an insoluble matrix such as borosilicate glass or synthetic rock (fuel pellets are already in the form of a very stable ceramic: UO2);
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Those are great glasses, borosilicate which is the same kind of glass as Pyrex lab glass which means it's stronger and can handle high heat and temperature shocks without cracking.
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Mr. Jacobs said that the glass panel, made of temperature resistant borosilicate glass, was inspired by the visible workings of a complication watch.
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Glass bakeware is made of borosilicate glass, a glass that is extremely temperature resistant with a low expansion coefficient.
Green Apple Nonstick Glass Bakeware, reviewed | Baking Bites
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Up until 1998, Pyrex was also made from borosilicate glass, but is now made with soda-lime glass, a glass that is already used in the manufacture of many food and beverage products, as well as for windows.
Green Apple Nonstick Glass Bakeware, reviewed | Baking Bites
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As it is made from borosilicate glass you can pour hot water directly into it, however at no time should it be allowed to stand directly on a heat source.
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Nevertheless, I wanted to see how it worked compared to my pyrex (mine is older and also borosilicate, as opposed to the newer glass) and whether the nonstick coating worked - and if so, if that made it worth buying.
Green Apple Nonstick Glass Bakeware, reviewed | Baking Bites
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I did better at making these when I was taking the borosilicate class in February.
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I did better at making these when I was taking the borosilicate class in February.
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When Pyrex was first marketed in 1915, it was made of a heat-resistant glass called borosilicate.
reesetee commented on the word borosilicate
A type of glass in which the flux is boric oxide instead of alkali. The first borosilicate glass was created by Otto Schott in 1882. It has a low coefficient of expansion so it can withstand sudden temperature changes.
November 9, 2007