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3 Volume II Title Page Copyright Page List of Contributors Preface Select Additional Reading Section VII.: Inorganic Glass Families 7.1 Extraterrestrial Glasses 1 Introduction 2 Chondrules: The Oldest Glasses of the Solar System 3 The Lunar Glass‐Bead Factory 4 Cosmic Spherules 5 Terrestrial Versus Extraterrestrial 6 Perspectives Acknowledgements References 7.2 Geological Glasses 1 Introduction 2 Compositional Diversity of Natural Glasses 3 Fulgurites: The Petrified Lightnings 4 Impact‐Related Glasses 5 The Basalt Factory 6 Siliceous Glasses 7 The Fate of Natural Glasses 8 Compositional vs. Rheological Variability 9 Perspectives Acknowledgments References 7.3 Corrosion of Natural Glasses in Seawater 1 Introduction 2 From Basalt Glass to Palagonite 3 Seafloor Basalt Alteration by Abiotic and Biotic Processes 4 Alteration Enhancement by Microorganism Metabolic Processes 5 Biotic Corrosion Models 6 Abiotic Corrosion Models 7 The Abiotic vs. Biotic Alteration Debate 8 Which Mechanism Controls Basalt Glass Corrosion? 9 Perspectives Acknowledgements References 7.4 Metallurgical Slags 1 Introduction 2 Basic Constraints: A Summary 3 From Composition to Reactivity 4 Slag Properties 5 Transport Properties 6 Thermodynamic Properties 7 Perspectives References 7.5 Water Glass 1 Introduction 2 Fabrication of Water Glass 3 Materials and Chemical Stability and Structure 4 Properties of Water Glass 5 Applications of Water Glass 6 Perspectives References 7.6 Borosilicate Glasses 1 Introduction 2 Borosilicate Applications 3 Vycor: A Composition–Structure Case Study 4 Structural Aspects 5 Temperature and Pressure Variations of Network Structure 6 Perspectives Acknowledgments References 7.7 Glass for Pharmaceutical Use 1 Introduction 2 Glass Products and Types 3 Production of Pharmaceutical Glasses and Containers 4 Physical Resistance 5 Chemical Resistance 6 Surface Interactions with Pharmaceutical Products 7 Internal/External Treatments for Chemical/Mechanical Resistance 8 Perspectives References 7.8 Oxynitride Glasses 1 Introduction 2
