Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A salt that is derived from both boric acid and silicic acid and occurs naturally in dumortierite.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A double salt, in which both boric and silicic acids are combined with a basic radical, as datolite, which is a borosilicate of calcium. Also called
silicoborate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun inorganic chemistry Any of various
minerals whose structure is formally that of a dualsalt ofboric andsilicic acids .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a salt of boric and silicic acids
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Examples
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Immobilize waste in an insoluble matrix such as borosilicate glass or synthetic rock (fuel pellets are already in the form of a very stable ceramic: UO2);
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Those are great glasses, borosilicate which is the same kind of glass as Pyrex lab glass which means it's stronger and can handle high heat and temperature shocks without cracking.
Oddities of the Klee Brasserie. Ann Althouse 2007
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Mr. Jacobs said that the glass panel, made of temperature resistant borosilicate glass, was inspired by the visible workings of a complication watch.
The Master of Machine-Age Motorcycles Dan Neil 2011
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Glass bakeware is made of borosilicate glass, a glass that is extremely temperature resistant with a low expansion coefficient.
Green Apple Nonstick Glass Bakeware, reviewed | Baking Bites 2009
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Up until 1998, Pyrex was also made from borosilicate glass, but is now made with soda-lime glass, a glass that is already used in the manufacture of many food and beverage products, as well as for windows.
Green Apple Nonstick Glass Bakeware, reviewed | Baking Bites 2009
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As it is made from borosilicate glass you can pour hot water directly into it, however at no time should it be allowed to stand directly on a heat source.
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Nevertheless, I wanted to see how it worked compared to my pyrex (mine is older and also borosilicate, as opposed to the newer glass) and whether the nonstick coating worked - and if so, if that made it worth buying.
Green Apple Nonstick Glass Bakeware, reviewed | Baking Bites 2009
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I did better at making these when I was taking the borosilicate class in February.
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I did better at making these when I was taking the borosilicate class in February.
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When Pyrex was first marketed in 1915, it was made of a heat-resistant glass called borosilicate.
reesetee commented on the word borosilicate
A type of glass in which the flux is boric oxide instead of alkali. The first borosilicate glass was created by Otto Schott in 1882. It has a low coefficient of expansion so it can withstand sudden temperature changes.
November 9, 2007