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The inexpensive and commonly used variety of glass is called soda glass. It is called so because
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is made using soda lime
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is made using soda(sodium carbonate)
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was initially used for storing sodium carbonate
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was used initially for making bottles of soda(carbonated drink)
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Apart from silica (silicon oxide), certain other chemicals are added during the manufacture of glass. One important substance is sodium carbonate, also known as soda, added to lower the glass-transition temperature. The most common type of glass is called soda-glass because of this component of soda in it.
Detailed explanation-2: -Soda-lime glass, also called soda-lime-silica glass, is the most prevalent type of glass. It is composed of SiO4 tetrahedra connected at the oxygen atoms.
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