Raw materials used for the manufacture of glass are:

Q. Raw materials used for the manufacture of glass are:
Answer: sand, soda, limestone
Notes: Quartz sand (silica), lime (calcium oxide) along with magnesium oxide (MgO) and aluminium oxide (Al2O3) are used to produce good quality glass. The glass containing about 70 to 74% silica by weight and is called a soda-lime glass. It accounts for about 90% of manufactured glass.

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