network modifier

glass
Also known as: NWM

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properties of glass

  • Figure 2: The irregular arrangement of ions in a sodium silicate glass.
    In industrial glass: Properties of glass

    …and nature of network-modifying (NWM) ions, (3) the openness of the structure, determined, again, by the concentration of NWM ions, and (4) the mobility of the NWM ions. Thus, tetrahedrally connected networks, such as those formed by silicates and illustrated in Figure 2, are more viscous than triangularly connected…

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