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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
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Fabricating Debris
Any debris resulting from the processing and fabricating of glass prior to the tempering process.
Fenestration
Any glass panel, window, door or skylight on a building.
Flat Glass
A term that describes float glass, sheet glass, plate glass, cylinder and rolled glass.
Float Bath
A pool of molten metal, usually tin, in which molten glass is drawn into a flat sheet.
Float Glass
Glass formed on a bath of molten tin. The surface in contact with the tin is known as the tin surface. The top surface is known as the air surface.
Flux
An ingredient that reduces batch melting temperature.
Frit
Glass in particulate form.
Frosted
Surface treated to simulate frost.
Fully tempered glass
Flat or bent glass that has been heat-treated to a high surface and edge compression to meet ASTM C 1048 Standards. Fully tempered glass, if broken, will fracture into many small cubical pieces, known as diceing. Fully tempered glass is approximately four times stronger than annealed glass of the same thickness.
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