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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The picture shows a louvre window with glass panes. What is the material used in making the window glass?
Fibreglass
Soda lime glass
Lead glass
Borosilicate glass
The diagram shows a few test tubes used in laboratory. What is the chemical added to make the glass heat resistant?
Calcium carbonate
Sodium carbonate
Lead(II) oxide
Boron oxide
Substance X is added to glass to make it sensitive to light. What is X?
Silicon dioxide and sodium carbonate
Lead oxide and silicon dioxide
Boron oxide and lead(II) oxide
Silver chloride and copper(I) chloride
This type of glass contains silver bromide and becomes darker when exposed to light. What is the name of this type of glass?
Lead glass
Borosilicate glass
Soda lime glass
Photochromic glass
Lead glass is suitable for making chandeliers. What is a property of this type of glass?
High refractive index
High melting point
Cheap and easily available
Does not break easily
Silicon dioxide is a major component of glass. What is the type of glass formed when 24 % of lead(II) oxide is heated with silicon dioxide?
Fused glass
Lead crystal glass
Borosilicate glass
Soda lime glass
A transparent solid is formed when molten sand at high temperature is cooled quickly.
What is this solid?
Ceramic
Fused glass
Soda lime glass
Borosilicate glass
Material Y has the following properties:
- Resistance towards chemical substances
- Low coefficient of thermal expansion
Bronze
Polystyrene
Borosilicate glass
Conducting glass
Which of the following glass has a low softening point and can be easily moulded into different shapes?
Fused quartz glass
Soda lime glass
Borosilicate glass
Photochromic glass
Lead glass is very suitable for making fine glassware and art objects because this type of glass
has a high refractive index
has a high softening point
is most transparent to ultraviolet and infrared rays
is a good heat insulator
The raw materials for making soda lime glass are
sodium carbonate
calcium carbonate
silicon dioxide
boron oxide
A decorative glassware manufacturer wants to make a display panel that is sensitive to the intensity of light.
What is the most suitable material?
Conducting glass
Photochromic glass
Lead glass
Borosilicate glass
Which of the following glass has the lowest melting point?
Fused glass
Soda-lime glass
Borosilicate glass
Lead crystal glass
When a mixture of sand, sodium carbonate and calcium carbonate is heated to a temperature of 1500oc , which type of glass if produced?
Soda-lime glass
Fused glass
Borosilicate glass
Photochromic glass
A manufactured substance has the following properties:
- Hard
- Transparent
- Chemically inert
- Impermeable to liquid
What is the substance?
Alloy
Glass
Ceramic
Polymer
