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The alkali is a flux, which reduces the melting point of the major constituent of , silica. This is an integral part of glassmaking because if a hot object is allowed to cool too quickly, it will be highly strained by the time it reaches room temperature; indeed, it may break as it cools. The glassed container rod when heated in the flame will form a "gather" at the tip as it is rotated and softens. Applied decoration heated elements (such as canes, murrini, and trails) applied during manufacture to a object that is still hot, and either left in relief or marvered until they are flush with the surface.

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Argand lamps are efficient because the tubular wick fe eds oxygen to the flame and the chimney increases the draft. These oxides are vaporized and deposited on the glassed container surface in a vacuum chamber, by heating the metal oxides between 1, 000 & 2, 500 degrees celsius. Latticino-the twisted canes of multi colored , cased in clear, are called latticino.



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Dichroic glassed container-this is glassed container which has been coated on one side with metal oxide layers. There are several techniques used to manipulate glassed container that are forms of bending, such as raking. Aventurine blue- (sparklie) similar to goldstone, but it is from a dark blue glassed container containing tiny metallic filings that sparkle. At-the-flame (at-the-lamp, lampworking) see flameworking.

Aurene a type of ornamental with an iridescent surface by spraying the with stannous chloride or lead chloride and reheating it under controlled atmospheric conditions. Annealing the process of slowly cooling a completed object in an auxiliary part of the furnace, or in a separate furnace. Dichroic means two color, and each piece of this glassed container will reflect two different colors, depending on the angle light strikes it. Filigrana-a clear cased glassed container rod with a colored core.

It is then cooled very slowly to room temperature. Aventurine (from french aventure, "chance") translucent with sparkling inclusions of , copper, or chromic oxide, first in venice in the 15th century. Aventurine (from french aventure, "chance") translucent with sparkling inclusions of , copper, or chromic oxide, first in venice in the 15th century. Each step of assembling pieces and pulling it out, reduces the size of the image, while retaining the detail.

Amberina a type of that varies in color from amber to or purple on the same object.

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