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water glass or soluble glass, colorless, transparent, glasslike substance available commercially as a powder or as a transparent, viscous solution in water. Chemically it is sodium silicate sodium silicate, any one of several compounds containing sodium oxide, Na2O, and silica , Si2O, or a mixture of sodium silicates. Sodium orthosilicate is Na4SiO4 (or 2Na2O·SiO2 ..... Click the link for more information. , potassium silicate, or a mixture of these. It is prepared by fusing sodium or potassium carbonate with sand or by heating sodium or potassium hydroxide with sand under pressure. Water glass is very soluble in water, but the glassy solid dissolves slowly, even in boiling water. Water glass has adhesive properties and is fire resistant. It is used as a detergent; as a cement for glass, pottery, and stoneware; for fireproofing paper, wood, cement, and other substances; for fixing pigments in paintings and cloth printing; and for preserving eggs (it fills the pores in the eggshell, preventing entrance of air). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Alice's sister, Becca (a very wry Miriam Shor), after spending the night with Danny's best friend, Skobo (Stephen Rannazzisi), accidentally drinks from a water glass containing his contacts, effectively blinding him; his subsequent disinterest in her has them at each other's throats. I tried to be sophisticated, but I knocked over my water glass and spilled it all over myself . They seem equally at ease with parenting--a spilled water glass is cause for gentle teasing rather than raised voices. |
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